Cell Cycle and Cell Division: Key Concepts
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What best distinguishes living things from nonliving matter?

  • Eukaryotic cell cycle regulation
  • Cell division (correct)
  • Ability to produce genetically identical daughter cells
  • Reproduction of cells

Which type of division can produce sperm and egg cells?

  • Meiosis (correct)
  • Interphase
  • Regeneration
  • Mitosis

What is the genetic information in a cell called?

  • Eukaryotic DNA
  • Molecular control system
  • Genome (correct)
  • Cell cycle regulation

In which type of cells can a genome consist of a single DNA molecule?

<p>Prokaryotic cells (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the life of a cell from formation to its own division called?

<p>Cell cycle (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

During cell division, what are the joined copies of the original chromosome called?

<p>Sister chromatids (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the 'waist' of the duplicated chromosome where the two chromatids are most closely attached called?

<p>Centromere (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which stage of the cell cycle involves cell growth and copying of chromosomes in preparation for cell division, making about 90% of the cell cycle?

<p>S phase (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of cells have half as many chromosomes as somatic cells?

<p>Reproductive cells (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What process yields daughter cells with half as many chromosomes as the parent cell?

<p>Meiosis (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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