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