Webquest – Cell Division

 

Task 1 - (6 points)

Define the following terms:

chromatid

chromatin

chromosomes

histones

kinetochore

nucleosomes

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/vocabulary/mitosis_&_meiosis/mitosis_&_meiosis.html

 

 

Task 2 - (4 points)

Write a brief description of each of the steps of interphase

http://www.cellsalive.com/cell_cycle.htm

 

 

Task 3 - (4 points)

Write a brief description of the stages of mitosis

http://www.cellsalive.com/mitosis.htm

 

 

Task 4 – (point values listed after each question)

The Cell Cycle & Mitosis Tutorial

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/cell_cycle/cells1.html

1. What is DNA and where is it stored? (2 points)

2. What are four features that regulate the cell cycle? (4 points)

3. What is not mitosis? (1 point)

View the Mitosis animation

4. Test yourself – answer the eleven questions.  Record the letter of the correct response on your answer list.  (11 points)

 

 

Task 5 - (10 points)

This is a lab activity.  Follow the directions and record the data in a table on your answer list.

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/activities/cell_cycle/cell_cycle.html

Click “next” to proceed. 

 

 

Task 6 - (8 points)

Research Paper on cell division

http://www.cell.com/content/article/fulltext?uid=PIIS0092867483020012

Notice the results are printed first (to save the reader time looking for them).  Read the summary and the introduction and attempt to interpret what they mean.