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Cell Processes
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7th Grade
11/14/2011

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Mitosis
Definition
Stage of cell cylce during which the cells nucleus divides into two nuclei
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Chromosomes
Definition
Double rod structures in the nuckeus of the cell that contains DNA
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Cell Cycle
Definition
Regular growth and division that cells undergo
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Replication
Definition
Process in which the DNA is duplicated during Interphase
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Asexual Reproduction
Definition
Reproduction from one parents
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Cytokenesis
Definition
Stage of cell cycle in which the cytoplasm divdies in anmial cells and a new cell plate forms in plant cells
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Fertilization
Definition
Joining of egg and sperm
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Zygote
Definition
Fertilized Egg
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Tumor
Definition
Mass of abnormal cells
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Cancer
Definition
Disease in which cells grow and divide uncontrollably
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DNA
Definition
Genetic materical that carries information about an organism and is passed from to offspring
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Cellular Respiration
Definition
Process by which energy for cells is released from glucose
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Mutation
Definition
Change in DNA
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Gene
Definition
Section of DNA that controls specific cell activites and characteristics of every organism
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Sexual Reproduction
Definition
Reproduction from 2 parents
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Embryo
Definition
Fertilized egg that has begun to divide to become the new organism
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