LEARNING AREA : TOPIC 5: CELL DIVISION

5.1 Understanding Mitosis

a) State the necessity for the production of new cells in organisms

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b) Explain the necessity for the production of new cells identical to parent cells
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c) State the significance() of mitosis

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d)* Identify the phases in the cell cycle

Interphase
G1

S
G2

Events
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e) Explain the process of mitosis and cytokinesis

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f)*** Arrange the various stages of mitosis in the correct sequence

Interphase

Prophase

Metaphase (line up phase)

Anaphase (separation phase)

Telophase

g) Compare and contrast mitosis and cytokinesis in animal cell and plant cell

Plant cell
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Cytokinesis
Animal cell
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h) Explain the importance of controlled mitosis

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i) Explain the effects of uncontrolled mitosis in living things

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j) Describe the application of knowledge on mitosis in cloning

- cloning is the process of

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a. A frog egg is selected and the nucleus is

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c.
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k) Explain the advantages and disadvantages of cloning

Advantage

Disadvantage

5.2 Understanding Meiosis

a) State the necessity of trait () inheritance () in offspring () for

continuation of life
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b) State the necessity to maintain diploid chromosomal number from generation to

generation

c) State the necessity for production of haploid gametes in sexual reproduction

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d) State the significance of meiosis

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e) Identify the type of cell that undergoes meiosis

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f) Explain the process of meiosis

g) Arrange the various stages of meiosis in the correct order
(f+g) MEIOSIS 1
Interphase

Prophase 1

Metaphase 1 (line up phase)

Anaphase 1 (separation phase)

Telophase 1

MEIOSIS 2
Prophase 2

Metaphase 2 (line up phase)

Anaphase 2 (separation phase)

Telophase 2

h) Compare and contrast meiosis I and meiosis II

Meiosis1

Meiosis2
Similarities

Differences
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Compare and contrast meiosis and mitosis

Mitosis

Meiosis
Similarities
Differences

Occur at
Synapsis &
crossing
over
Number of
division
Number of
daughter
cells at the
end of the
division
Genetic
content
Chromosom
al number of
daughter
cells

5.3 Appreciating the movement of chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis

a) Describe what will happen when the movement of chromosomes during mitosis and
meiosis do not occur in an orderly manner
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b) Know and avoid things that maybe harmful

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