Cell Cycle Vocabulary Quiz

Cell Cycle The cycle of cell growth and reproduction Interphase 1st phase of cell cycle; where growth and DNA replication occur S-Phase Stage during interphase in which DNA Replication occurs Mitosis Division of a cell's nucleus Cytokinesis Division of cytoplasm which creates two daughter cells Nucleotide Building block of Nucleic Acid; made of sugar, phosphate, and a nitrogen base Guanine One of the four nitrogen bases; always bonds with Cytosine Helicase Enzyme that "unzips" the DNA and breaks the hydrogen bonds Deoxyribose The sugar found in DNA Semi-Conservative Replication When the replicated DNA contains one new strand and one old strand