Biology-B1-Chromosomes and Mitosis

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What are chromosomes?
lengths of DNA
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Chromosomes are found where?
in the nucleus
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The body cells contains how many of each chromosome?
2
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Human cells contains how many pairs of chromosomes?
23
46 individual
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What do chromosomes carry?
What do they determine?
carry genes which determine our features
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What is mitosis?
the cell division cycle
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Firstly, the cell______ and sub cellular structures also ________ e.g. ________?
cell grows
increase
mitochondria
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What does the DNA do?
replicate
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To form what?
2 copies of each chromosome
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The chromosomes will then _______ up at the ______ of the cell?
line up at the centre of the cell
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And each set is _________ to _______ ______ of the cell
is pulled to opposite sides of the cell
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By what?
cell fibres
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What else also divides?
the nucleus
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This is where?
mitosis takes place
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This then forms what?
two identical daughter cells
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That are also known as?
diploids
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Function of Mitosis

Mitosis is essential for the what of a multicellular organism?
growth and development
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When an organism does what to itself?
repairs
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During what?
asexual reproduction
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What two reason is why mitosis occurs?
growth
repair and to replace damaged cells
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What is a diploid?
contains two complete sets of chromosomes
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What is a haploid?
contains a single set of chromosomes
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Where are haploids produced?
meiosis
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How many are produced?
4
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