Biology Vocab Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Cycle – A series of events in which a cell grows, prepares for division, and
  2. 6. – The division of the cell’s nucleus.
  3. 7. Reproduction – The production of genetically unique offspring through the
  4. 10. – During this phase, the chromosomes condense and the nuclear
  5. 12. cells.
  6. 13. Reproduction – The production of genetically identical offspring from a
  7. 14. – The ability to replace specific cells in an organism’s tissues.
  8. 15. of two separate parent cells.
  9. 16. – The ability of a cell to develop into any cell.
  10. 18. – Bundles of DNA
  11. 21. divides to form to daughter cells.
  12. 22. – The spot on a condensed chromosome where the two sister
  13. 23. – A stage of an organism’s development.
  14. 24. – The hollow ball of cells with a cluster of cells inside known as the
  15. 25. – The division of the cell’s cytoplasm.
  16. 28. – The ability of cells to develop into any of the cells of the body.
  17. 30. – A protein discovered in the 1980’s that helps regulate the cell cycle.
  18. 31. – One full copy of a chromosome.
Down
  1. 1. – The organelle that produces spindles for cell division. Not found in
  2. 3. Factors – External regulatory proteins that stimulate cell growth and
  3. 4. – The process by which cells become specialized.
  4. 5. – The complex that forms when DNA wraps around histones.
  5. 8. – The process of programmed cell death.
  6. 9. – A disorder in which the body’s cells lose the ability to control cell
  7. 11. – A mass of cancer cells.
  8. 17. mass.
  9. 19. Cells – Cells that have the ability to turn into other cells.
  10. 20. breaks down.
  11. 25. Division – The process by which a cell reproduces into two new daughter
  12. 26. parent.
  13. 27. are attached.
  14. 29. – The longest phase of the cell cycle.