Across
- 4. New section of cell wall that grows between new daughter cells in telophase of plant cells [two words, no space].
- 6. What idea in biology says that all living things are made of cells, that cells are the basic units of life, and that living cells only come from other living cells [two words, no space]?
- 9. What organelle is sometimes called the “powerhouse of the cell?”
- 11. Animal cells have these to help with the spindle fibers, but plant cells do not.
- 13. This type of cell reproduction makes two identical cells.
- 14. What organelle stores hereditary (a.k.a. genetic) information about the cell?
- 19. What is the passive transport of water through a semipermeable membrane from an area of high concentration to low concentration?
- 24. If the gametes of an organism are different sizes, what is the larger one called?
- 26. What type of cell does not have membrane-bound organelles?
- 28. During this phase, the chromosomes separate and move toward opposite ends of the cell.
- 30. This type of cell reproduction makes cells that are NOT genetically identical.
- 31. These long, skinny tubes help guide the movement of chromosomes during cellular reproduction [two words, no space].
- 33. The phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes first become visible.
- 36. Pollen is located on this part of the flower.
Down
- 1. What is the name for the process of copying chromosomes?
- 2. What organelle makes the thing that makes proteins?
- 3. Phase in meiosis similar to interphase, but replication does not happen.
- 5. A pair of X-shaped chromosomes linked together in prophase I is called a…
- 7. What organelle makes proteins?
- 8. The type of cell that results from meiosis.
- 10. This disappears at the end of prophase [two words, no space].
- 12. Term for a cell that has paired chromosomes (X-shaped, not I-shaped)
- 15. What part of a plant contains its reproductive structures?
- 16. What phase is the same in mitosis and meiosis?
- 17. Phase of a cells life when it copies its chromosomes.
- 18. Phase in meiosis where the tetrads separate and go to the poles of the cell [two words, no space].
- 20. Which object lens has a 4x magnification power?
- 21. At the end of this phase, the cell divides into two genetically identical daughter cells.
- 22. The pinch that happens in the cell membrane at the end of telophase [two words, no space].
- 23. The process of two gametes combining their genetic material to create a new cell.
- 25. This results from an ovule being fertilized by pollen.
- 27. The process of chromosomes swapping sections with each other in a tetrad – or something you might do on a bridge over a river.
- 29. This part of the pistil is usually sticky so to help capture pollen.
- 30. What scientist use pea plants to study how traits are passed from one organism to the other [last name]?
- 32. Phase of mitosis where chromosomes are lined up along the equator of the cell.
- 34. How many non-identical cells are created at the end of meiosis?
- 35. Term for a cell that has unpaired chromosomes (I-shaped, not X-shaped).