Vocabulary #2

1.
Somatic Cells- all the cells in your
body except sex cells
2. Gametes- Reproductive cell either a
sperm or egg
3. Diffusion- movement of any substance
in or out of a cell
4. Mitosis- How all somatic cells
reproduce
5. Interphase- Growth period of the cell
when DNA is copied
6. Prophase- chromatin coils, the nucleus
disappears, and the centrioles move to
the poles
7. Metaphase- chromosomes line up in
the middle of the cell and a spindle forms
across the cell
8. Anaphase- chromosomes split into
chromatids and they pull apart
9. Telophase- chromatids reach the
poles, the chromosomes unwind into
chromatin and the nucleolus forms

10.

Cytokinesis- when the cytoplasm splits

and two identical cells are formed