Question

Given below is the group of five terms arrange and rewrite the terms in the correct order, so as to be in a logical sequence:

Metaphase, telophase, prophase, anaphase, cytokinesis.

Answer 1

1. The correct sequence is prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase and cytokinesis.
2. Above phases are stages of cell division.
3. Prophase is the first stage of mitosis, which is the process by which the duplicated genetic material carried in the nucleus of a parent cell is separated into two identical daughter cells. During prophase, the complex of DNA and proteins, known as chromatin, condenses. The nuclear membrane, as well as the nucleolus, vanish, and the spindle forms.
4. The nucleus dissolves during metaphase, and the chromosomes condense and move together, aligning in the centre of the dividing cell.
5. Anaphase is the stage of mitosis and meiosis during which the chromosomes move to the opposite poles.
6. The final stage of cell division is telophase. During telophase, the nuclear envelopes in each dividing cell reform around the new nuclei.
7. Cytokinesis is the physical process by which a parental cell's cytoplasm is divided into two daughter cells.