Cell Cycle (mitosis)

• how many stages are they in the cell cycle?

  4
• what is the first stage called?

  G1-Growth
• what happens in the first stage?

  The amount of sub-cellular structures increases
• what is the second stage called?

  S-synthesis
• what happens in the second stage?

  The cell doubles its amount of chromosomes
• what is the third stage called?

  G2-preparing for mitosis
• what is mitosis?


  mitosis is the process when cells divide
• what is the forth stage called ?

  M-Mitosis
• what is the anagram to remember the stages?

  GSGM
• what is the name for the first three stages?

  Interphase
• what happens in the mitosis stage?


  the cells divide into 2 identical cells