Vocabulary Quiz-Cell Cycle
Vocabulary Quiz-Cell Cycle
Date: ________
Period: ______
1. ______________ the division of the cytoplasm and other cell organelles into 2 new cells
2. ______________ stage in mitosis where the nuclear membrane deteriorates and spindle fibers begin to
form
3. ______________ structure containing genetic material; made of two identical sister chromatids
connected by a centromere
4. ______________ the steps in the life of a cell
5. ______________ stage in mitosis where chromosomes align at the equatorial plate (center of cell)
6. ______________ stage in mitosis where sister chromatids separate to opposite poles of the cell,
centromeres divide
7. ______________ protein fibers that radiate from the centriole
8. ______________ process in cell division that results in the creation of 2 identical nuclei
9. ______________ stage in mitosis where two new nuclear membranes are formed
10. ______________ part of the cytoskeleton that marks the poles of the cell during mitosis, is involved
in the development of spindle fibers.
11. ______________ prefix meaning between
12. ______________ relaxed bundles of genetic information
13. ______________ connects two chromatids together
14. ______________ longest part of the cell cycle; when cells grow, develop, synthesis and copy materials
15. ______________ root word meaning part
16. ______________ prefix meaning having to do with a cell
chromosome
chromatin
mitosis
spindle fibers
interphase
prophase
anaphase
cell cycle
metaphase
centriole
cyto
cytokinesis
centromere
inter
telophase
mer