| Term | Definition |
| Mitosis | cell division |
| Prophase | first phase, nucleus disappears, centrioles replicate, chromatin- chromosomes |
| Metaphase | second phase, line up in the middle |
| Anaphase | third phase, chrom. pull apart |
| Telophase | last phase, centrioles replicate, nucleus reappears, chrom- chromatin |
| Haploid | half a full set of chromosomes |
| diploid | a full set of chromosomes |
| Interphase | Phase cells spend most of life, happy and growing |
| G1 phase | organelles replicate in interphase |
| S phase | DNA replicates |
| G2 phase | makes stuff, |
| Cytokinesis | the movement of cytoplasm |
| sister chromosomes | identical chromosomes |
| centrioles | organelle needed for animal cell replication |
| cell plate | forms in telophase in plant cells |