Answer:
1) The purpose of mitosis is growth and repair of cells
Step-by-step explanation:
Prophase:
-DNA condenses (supercoiled, chromatids are visible under light microscope);
-Nuclear membrane begins to disintegrate (by the end of prophase it is completely gone)
-Centrioles move to opposite ends of the cell
-Splinde fibers start to form from the centrioles and grow
Metaphase:
-Spindle fibers, departing from both poles, are attached to each centromere, on opposite sides
-The spindle fibers pull the chromosomes back and forth until they align in a plane along the equator of the cell, which is called the equatorial plane
Anaphase:
-The spindle fibers shorten
-The centromeres of sister chromatids split
-Chromatids move apart, pulled by the spindle fibers
-Chromatids become chromosomes
-Half of the chromosomes move to one cell pole, half to the other
Telophase:
-The chromosomes reach the cell pole
-Nuclear membrane reforms
-Spindle fibers break down and disappear
-The chromosomes begin to uncoil, which makes them diffuse and less compact
Cytokinesis:
-The cell membrane pinches inward until the cell divides in two;
-There are two daughter cells with the same structures and number of chromosomes as the parent cell
-Chromosomes decondense