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Why do Cells Divide?. Unicellular Made of one cell Can be a Prokaryote (no nucleus) Can also be a Eukaryote (has a nucleus)

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1 Why do Cells Divide?

2 Unicellular Made of one cell Can be a Prokaryote (no nucleus) Can also be a Eukaryote (has a nucleus)

3 Multicellular Made of more than one cell Always a Eukaryote

4 Why do Cells divide? Reproduce for a single celled organism One mother cell becomes two daughter cells

5 Growth and Development for multicellular organisms Growth- add cells so organism gets larger Development- differentiation occurs

6 Repair and Replacement When you get a cut cells at the site divide to repair and replace the damaged cells

7 Summary

8 Please take your home work out I will check it as you watch the video. Why do cells divide?


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