1. Mitosis

2. Relevancy
Have you ever wondered how your body heals itself when you get a cut or sunburn?
Or how your grow?
Today we will learn how your body does that through a process called mitosis!

3. Unicellular Organisms
Organisms with one cell
The one cell must perform all life functions
Examples: Amoeba, bacteria

4. Multicellular Organisms
Organisms with many cells
Cells are specialized to do different jobs such as brain cells, skin cells, etc.

5. Chromosomes
Structure in the nucleus that contains hereditary material (DNA)

6. Gametes A reproductive cell Formed in meiosis
Example: sperm cell, female egg cell

7. Tuesday 11/10/15
What is the purpose of mitosis?
Summarize the steps of mitosis by making diagrams of each step.
How do you use mitosis? Give two examples.
What might happen if the new cell did not have the same number of chromosomes as the original cell in mitosis?