why do cells divide? why do cells divide 1. healing and tissue repair an average human looses 105...
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Why Do Cells Divide
1. Healing and Tissue Repair An average human looses 105 pounds of
dead skin cells in their life Every second, millions of your body cells
are injured or die and must be replaced Replacement of dead cells also occurs in
plants
Why Do Cells Divide
2. Growth All plants and animals begin life as a single
cell Only two ways for an organism to grow: 1)
single cell gets bigger; or 2) the single cell divides into more cells
Why Do Cells Divide One of the most important jobs of a cell is
to exchange materials with its environment (the body or outside world)
The cell needs to get food and nutrients in and waste out
Why Do Cells Divide Why Don’t Cells Just Keep Getting Bigger?
Eventually a cell will reach a size where it will not be able to get enough exchange of materials to sustain cell function
Why Do Cells Divide
3. Perpetuate Life Important for unicellular (prokaryotes)
organisms like bacteria – creates 2 new organisms
The Cell Cycle The repeating cycle in the life of a cell Interphase: when a cell is preparing for cell
division; this is the majority of the time Mitosis: the process of 1 cell dividing into 2
cells
Interphase First Growth Phase (G1)
Period of growth for a cell Produces new proteins and organelles
Synthesis Phase (S) Cell synthesizes entire copy of DNA
Second Growth Phase (G2) – shortest phase
Cell produces organelles and structures for cell division
Mitosis Remember IPMAT Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase,
Anaphase, Telophase Get a textbook and describe each phase of
mitosis along with a picture (pg. 30-32) Also define cytokinesis and apoptosis