Cell Cycle Vocab

What is the third phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes separate and move to opposite ends of the cell?

• Anaphase

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Telophase

Having no harmful influence or effect

• diploid

• benign

• cancer

• prophase

What is a cell that grows out of control called?

• Anaphase

• Benign

• Cancer

• Centrioles

What is the structure in the center of a chromosome that holds together two chromatids called?

• Centromere

• Chromatid

• Centrioles

• Cytokinesis

What is one of the two identical halves of a chromosome that has been replicated in preparation for cell division?

• Anaphase

• Benign

• Cancer

• Chromatid

What is the process by which DNA makes a copy of itself during cell division called?

• DNA Replication

• Mitosis

• Cytokinesis

• Telophase

An organelle that helps cells divide or make copies of themselves.

• centrioles

• metaphase

• diploid

• telophase

A series of events that takes place in a cell as it grows and divides

• spindle fibers

• malignant

• cell cycle

• S Stage

Threadlike structure within the nucleus containing the genetic information that is passed from one generation of cells to the next - makes an "X" shape

• cytokinesis

• centromere

• centrioles

• chromosome

Division of the cytoplasm, two identical daughter cells have been formed from a parent cell. This phase is NOT part of mitosis

• cytokinesis

• G2 stage

• metaphase

• mitosis