Cell Cycle and Mitosis

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Across
  1. 3. Interphase consists of _______ phases.
  2. 8. Cell grows and organelles duplicate to prepare for cell division
  3. 9. A series of steps the cell goes through prior to and during cell division
  4. 10. The chromosomes attach to the spindle fibers and line up down the center of the cell
  5. 11. All cells come from ____________ cells.
  6. 13. The nuclear membrane disintegrates, nucleolus disappears, and chromosomes/spindles form
  7. 14. Nuclear envelopes reform, chromosomes reach the poles and decondense.
  8. 15. spindle fibers shorten and pull chromosomes to opposite ends of the cell
Down
  1. 1. Mitosis consists of _______ distinct phases.
  2. 2. The final stage of the cell cycle; the cytoplasm is divided into 2 identical cells
  3. 4. Cells are the _________ unit of life
  4. 5. Phase where the cell continues to grow and the remaining molecules are synthesized
  5. 6. the longest stage of the cell cycle
  6. 7. The process in which the cells nucleus and nuclear material divide
  7. 12. DNA of the cell is replicated to ensure the genes in the new cells are identical