Mitosis & Cancer Study Guide
Vocabulary
- Prokaryotes
- Eukaryotes
- Binary Fission
- Mitosis
- Cell Cycle
- Interphase
- G1
- S
- G2
- Mitosis
- Cytokinesis
- Growth
- Repair
- Replacement
- DNA
- Chromosome
- Mutation
- DNA Replication
- Gene
- Tumor
- Benign
- Metastasis
- Malignant
- Prophase
- Metaphase
- Anaphase
- Telophase
- Cleavage Furrow
You Should Be Able To...
- Differentiate between prokaryotic cell division and eukaryotic cell division.
- Describe the three reasons why cells need to divide.
- Explain what happens in each stage of the cell cycle.
- Describe how each stage of the cell cycle is regulated to prevent healthy cells from turning into cancerous cells.
- Describe the difference between a cancerous cell and a healthy cell.
- Describe why it is essential for DNA to condense into chromosomes prior to cell division.
- Draw and describe each phase of Mitosis and identify important events.
- Identify the products of mitosis being 2 diploid daughters cells (clones of parents cells through asexual reproduction)
- Describe why cells spend the majority of their time in Interphase.
Mitosis & Cancer Study Guide
Vocabulary
- Prokaryotes
- Eukaryotes
- Binary Fission
- Mitosis
- Cell Cycle
- Interphase
- G1
- S
- G2
- Mitosis
- Cytokinesis
- Growth
- Repair
- Replacement
- DNA
- Chromosome
- Mutation
- DNA Replication
- Gene
- Tumor
- Benign
- Metastasis
- Malignant
- Prophase
- Metaphase
- Anaphase
- Telophase
- Cleavage Furrow
You Should Be Able To...
- Differentiate between prokaryotic cell division and eukaryotic cell division.
- Describe the three reasons why cells need to divide.
- Explain what happens in each stage of the cell cycle.
- Describe how each stage of the cell cycle is regulated to prevent healthy cells from turning into cancerous cells.
- Describe the difference between a cancerous cell and a healthy cell.
- Describe why it is essential for DNA to condense into chromosomes prior to cell division.
- Draw and describe each phase of Mitosis and identify important events.
- Identify the products of mitosis being 2 diploid daughters cells (clones of parents cells through asexual reproduction)
- Describe why cells spend the majority of their time in Interphase.