Cell and Cell Cycle

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What is the brain of the cell?

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Nucleus

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What happens if a cell completes mitosis but not cytokinesis?

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The result is a cell with two nuclei.

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What must a cell do before it can divide?

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It must copy its DNA.

Front

What is the point on the chromosome where the two chromatids are held together?

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Centromere

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How many stages does the eukaryotic cell cycle have?

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3 stages.

Front

What is the function of the nucleus in a cell?

Back

It controls the cell's activities and contains genetic material.

Front

What is cytokinesis?

Back

The process where the cytoplasm of a parental cell divides into two daughter cells.

Front

What are chromatids?

Back

Identical copies of a chromosome, joined together by a centromere.

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What is the role of DNA in the cell cycle?

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DNA carries the genetic instructions necessary for cell division and function.

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What is mitosis?

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The process of cell division that results in two identical daughter cells.