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.