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Complete the sentences by using one of the scrambled words below.

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sdtihcmora

eshaploet

phsaeorp

kniesscitoy

aasehpan

nilpsed

lecl yecle elcl voisdini metonercer astinhepre sotimsi

nacecr

cinlyc

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1. The division of a cell's cytoplasm is called Cytoxinesis

2. The final phase of mitosis is telophase

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3. The phase of mitosis in which microtubules connect the centromere of each

chromosome to the poles of the spindle is metaphase

4. At the beginning of cell division, each chromosome consists of two sister

Chromafids

5. The longest phase of mitosis is prophase

6. The phase of mitosis that ends when the chromosomes stop moving is

anaphase

7. The process by which a cell divides into two new daughter cells is called

Cell Division

8. A tiny structure located in the cytoplasm near the nuclear envelope is a(an)

Centroiles

9. A disorder in which some of the body's cells lose the ability to control growth is called

Cancer

10. The area where pair

a of chromotids is attached is the centromere

11. The division of the cell nucleus is called mitosis

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12. A protein that regulates the timing of the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells is

all

cyclins

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13. The series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide is known as the

Cellcycles

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14. A fanlike microtubule structure that helps separate the chromosomes is a(an)

15. The time period between cell divisions is called interphase

Spindles

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