| Term | Definition |
| Interphase | chromosomes replicate |
| Prophase | Chromosomes become visable, nuclear envelop dissolves, spindle forms |
| Metaphase | chromosomes line up along equator |
| Anaphase | centromeres divide, chromosomes move to opposite poles |
| Telophase | nuclear envelop forms at each pole, chromosomes uncoil, spindle dissolves, cytokinesis begins |
| G1 phase | this phase is where a cell spends most of its life |
| S phase | DNA is copied |
| G2 | the nucleus prepsre to divide |
| Mitosis | nucleus of a cell is divided into two nuclei |
| Cytokinesis | process during cell division in which the cytoplasma divides |