The Cell Cycle, Mitosis and Meiosis Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• fission : binary _ _ _ _ _ _ _
• reduced : in meiosis the number of chromosomes are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ by half
• cycle : sexual reproduction occurs in a _ _ _ _ _
• anaphase : phase of mitosis when sister chromatids separate
• chromosomes : coiled structures made of dna and proteins
• prokaryotic : cells with one chromosome and no nucleus
• more : cancer cells divide _ _ _ _ often than normal cells
• gametes : in sexual reproduction, parents produce reproductive cells called:
• zygote : the fertilized cell that results from fertilization
• oogenesis : the process in human females that produces mature eggs
• prophase : the longest phase of mitosis
• sperm : male gametes
• diploid : cell that contains twice the number of chromosomes
• metaphase : phase of mitosis when spindle fibers attach to centromere
• haploid : the simplest life cycle
• division : process when one cell divides to form two new cells is cell _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
• mitosis : process when nucleus divides itself
• tail : a human sperm contains a _ _ _ _
• telophase : phase of mitosis when chromosomes uncoil and form chromatin
• budding : when a single parent forms a bubble-like bud
• crossing : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ over is the genetic exchange of genetic material between sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes
• fragmentation : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ occurs when a parent organism breaks into fragments
• meiosis : the process that produces haploid gametes
• plant : the type of cell when cell plate forms along the equator of parent cell
• four : in meiosis i and ii cells go through the same _ _ _ _ phases of mitosis