B2 - Mitosis

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  • Created on: 26-10-16 11:55
Mitosis is a type of........
Cell division
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Where does the cell division happen?
In body cells
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What are body cells?
Any cell that does not produce gametes (sex cells)
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What is the cell that divides called?
The parent cell
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What does the parent cell divide into?
Two daughter cells
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True or false? The daughter cells are identical
True
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Since the parent cell is a .......... cell, it has two sets of chromosomes
Diploid
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Where are the chromosomes found?
In the nucleus
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Each chromosome is ........ exactly before the parent cells divides
Copied
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When the cell divides in ........ each cell gets......... of each chromosome
two, one set
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The daughter cells are haploid cells, true or false?
False, they are diploid cells and genetically identical to each other and their parent cells
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What three things is mitosis used for?
Growth, repairing damaged parts of the body and sexual reproduction
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Name an example of asexual reproduction
Bacteria splitting in two to make more bacteria / Plants make new plantlets that split off from the parent plant to grow on their own.
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Name another example of asexual reproduction
Bacteria splitting in two to make more bacteria / Plants make new plantlets that split off from the parent plant to grow on their own.
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The offspring as a result of asexual reproduction are........
Genetically identical
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Define asexual reproduction
The production of new organisms without fertilisation
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