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- 2. The double-stranded nucleic acid that stores genetic information; also known as deoxyribonucleic acid.
- 6. The repeating series of events that a cell goes through during its life, including growth, DNA replication, and cell division.
- 9. The coiled structure is made of DNA and protein that is present during cell division and visible with a light microscope.
- 10. What stage is it when you have two separate cells each half of the original DNA?
- 12. The multicellular, heterotrophic eukaryote with specialized cells that lack cell walls; member of the animal kingdom.
- 13. What is an individual living thing?
- 17. What stage is when the separation of cells begins?
- 18. What is a reproductive cell produced during meiosis that has the haploid number of chromosomes?
- 20. What is a process occurring before cell division in which DNA is copied.
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- 1. The cell that contains a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles.
- 3. What stage is where the cell gets the idea that it's time to divide?
- 4. What is diploid that forms when two haploid gametes unite during fertilization?
- 5. What is a phase in the cell cycle when DNA is replicated?
- 7. What is an abnormal mass of cells that may be cancerous?
- 8. The division of the nucleus in a eukaryotic cell, which occurs in four phases: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.
- 11. The diploid cell that forms when two haploid gametes unite during fertilization. Answer.
- 14. The theory states that all living things are made up of cells, all life functions occur within cells, and all cells come from pre-existing cells.
- 15. Starting cell prior to cell division.
- 16. Type of cell division in which the number of chromosomes is reduced by half and four haploid cells are produced..
- 19. What is a simple duplication of a cell and all its parts?
