1. Cell Division All plants and animals begin life as a single cell.
There are only two ways an organism can grow: the single cell gets bigger or the single cell divides into more cells. Cells need to stay small so they can do their job.

2. Cells divide for three reasons:
Healing and repair
Growth
reproduction

3. The Cell Cycle
Cells are not continuously dividing. There is a time when they are carrying out certain functions. There is also the time when they go through the process of cell division. Both of these processes together are known as the cell cycle.

4. Cell division can be separated into two stages:
The division of the material in the nucleus through a process called mitosis.
The sharing of the cytoplasm through a process called cytokinesis.

5. Cell Division All plants and animals begin life as a single cell.
There are only ____________ an organism can grow: the single cell gets bigger or the single cell divides into more cells. Cells need to stay ____________ so they can do their job.

6. Cells divide for three reasons:
_________________
________________

7. The Cell Cycle
Cells are _________ continuously dividing. There is a time when they are carrying out certain functions. There is also the time when they go through the process of _______________________. Both of these processes together are known as the cell cycle.

8. Cell division can be separated into two stages:
The division of the material in the nucleus through a process called _____________.
The sharing of the cytoplasm through a process called _____________________.