Mitosis

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What is Mitosis?
A type of cell division and reproduction
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What happens in Mitosis?
The cell is split to form two new identical cells, that are also identical to the parent cell
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Where does Mitosis occur?
Wherever more cells are needed
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What is the process of growth and division called?
The Cell Cycle
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When does the cycle start?
As the number of organelles increases. (different parts of the cell)
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Why does this happen?
To ensure that both new cells recieve copies of all the organelles
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What happens before the cell divides?
It's chromosomes are copied exactly
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