Cell Cycle and Reproduction Vocabulary

What is sexual reproduction?

• A process of cell division

• A type of asexual reproduction

• New offspring from only 1 parent

• New offspring from 2 parents

What is asexual reproduction?

• A process of cell division

• A type of sexual reproduction

• New offspring from 2 parents

• New offspring from only 1 parent

What is a chromosome?

• Small proteins on which DNA is wound

• A type of organelle in a cell

• Condensed DNA wrapped around histones

• A structure that carries genetic information

What is a histone?

• Condensed DNA wrapped around histones

• Small proteins on which DNA is wound

• A type of organelle in a cell

• A structure that carries genetic information

What happens during the G1 phase of interphase?

• Cell grows and copies organelles

• Cell copies its chromosomes

• Cell checks copied chromosomes

• Cell divides into two daughter cells

What happens during the S phase of interphase?

• Cell divides into two daughter cells

• Cell copies its chromosomes

• Cell checks copied chromosomes

• Cell grows and copies organelles

What happens during the G2 phase of interphase?

• Cell divides into two daughter cells

• Cell grows and copies organelles

• Cell checks copied chromosomes

• Cell copies its chromosomes

What is interphase?

• A process of cell division

• A type of asexual reproduction

• A part of the cell cycle involving growth and copying of chromosomes

• A type of organelle in a cell

What is binary fission?

• A process of cell division

• Division of DNA and organelles in eukaryotic cells

• Asexual division of prokaryotic cells

• Division of the cytoplasm in eukaryotic cells

What is mitosis?

• Division of the cytoplasm in eukaryotic cells

• A process of cell division

• Division of DNA and organelles in eukaryotic cells

• Asexual division of prokaryotic cells