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Questions:

1. What process divides prokaryotic cells? (please answer this questions in a short way )
2. How many chromosomes do bacteria have?
3. What must happen first in prokaryotic cell division?
4. Why is the eukaryotic cell cycle more complex than the prokaryotic cell cycle?
5. What term refers to regular body cells?
6. What term refers to reproductive body cells?
7. Where does mitosis occur?
8. Where does meiosis occur?
9. Are the daughter cells of mitosis haploid or diploid?
10. Are the daughter cells of meiosis haploid or diploid?
11. What is the purpose of mitosis?
12. What is the purpose of meiosis?
13. Can all organisms undergo meiotic cell division?
14. List the 3 stages of Interphase.
15. In which stage do the chromosomes replicate?
16. In which stage does a cell do its normal job in an organism?
17. In which stage does a cell synthesize components required for cell division?
18. Which stages of the eukaryotic cell cycle occur after Interphase?
19. How many chromosomes are there in most human cells?
20. Do all species have the same chromosome number?
21. Are most somatic cells diploid or haploid?
22. DNA is normally complexed with proteins called ____________.
23. Chromosomes normally occur in pairs called ________________ pairs.
24. A replicated chromosomes consists of __________ strands of DNA joined by a ____________.
25. The structure in #24 is referred to as ____________________.
26. What term describes a cell that contains both members of a homologous pair of chromosomes?
27. What term describes a cell that contains only one member of a homologous pair of chromosomes?
28. What cells are supposed to be haploid?
29. What happens in condensation?
30. What type of microtubules attach to chromosomes? (omit)
31. What type of microtubules do not attach to chromosomes? (omit)
32. What do you call the network of microtubules that direct the movement of chromosomes during mitosis?
33. When do centrioles replicate?
34. In which stage of mitosis do the following occur?
35. the nuclear membrane reforms
36. the centromere splits
37. sister chromatids separate and move toward opposite sides of the cell
38. chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell
39. the mitotic spindle forms
40. chromosomes relax
41. When does a cleavage furrow form?
42. In what types of cells does a cleavage furrow form?
43. In what types of cells does a cell plate form?
44. What organelle ruptures to cause cell death?
45. Is programmed cell death ever a normal occurrence?
46. At what three points of the cell cycle do regulatory checkpoints occur? (omit)
47. What is common to all cancer cells?
48. In a tumor, are the cells undergoing regulated cell division?
49. Is the DNA of a cancer cell normal?
50. What is metastasis?
51. What is the role of mutation in cancer?
52. What types of cells are often mutated in cancer?
53. What do these cells normally do?