Mitosis Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 5. The basic unit of life; everything living is made up of these.
  2. 6. The stage in the cell cycle when the cell grows and DNA is duplicated.
  3. 8. The process of copying DNA before a cell divides.
  4. 11. One of the two identical halves of a duplicated chromosome.
  5. 13. Division of the cell’s cytoplasm at the end of mitosis.
  6. 14. An organism made up of many cells.
  7. 15. A living thing made up of one or more cells.
  8. 17. Increase in size or number of cells, often via mitosis.
  9. 18. The fiber network that helps separate chromosomes during cell division.
  10. 20. Thread-like structures in the nucleus that carry genes.
Down
  1. 1. One of the two cells resulting from mitosis.
  2. 2. CELL The idea that every cell comes from a cell that already existed.
  3. 3. MATERIAL The DNA or chromosomes that carry information for the cell.
  4. 4. A form of cell reproduction in single-celled organisms.
  5. 7. The region that holds two sister chromatids together.
  6. 9. A group of similar cells that work together in a multicellular organism.
  7. 10. The part of a cell that contains the chromosomes.
  8. 12. The process by which a cell divides into two identical cells.
  9. 16. The process of fixing or replacing damaged cells.
  10. 19. The act of a cell splitting into two or more parts.