Cell Cycle Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. when sister chromatids line up along the equator of the cell
  2. 4. cells that do not undergo apoptosis and continue to replicate
  3. 5. phase in which the cell starts to split into two cells
  4. 7. the process of cell division
  5. 8. phase in which the nuclear envelope disappears
  6. 9. cells that can turn into any type of cell
  7. 10. the building blocks of life
  8. 11. step in which the cell splits into two new daughter cells
  9. 13. area where sister chromatids of a chromosome attach
  10. 14. programmed cell death
  11. 15. phase of mitosis when the sister chromatids move apart from each other
Down
  1. 1. organelles used to help create the spindle fibers
  2. 2. the condensed form of DNA (coiled up)
  3. 6. phase in interphase in which the DNA is replicated
  4. 9. attaches to the sister chromatids during metaphase
  5. 12. portion of the cell cycle when the cell is not dividing
  6. 13. half of a duplicated chromosome; one of two "sisters" or makes half the X
  7. 16. phase in which chromatin condenses into chromosomes