Watch the video and read the text. Then, write an answer to the question.
An axolotl is an animal that lives in Mexico. If you cut off one of its legs, it can grow a new leg. It can even grow back part of its brain! To grow new body parts, an axolotl needs to make new cells.
Question 12
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How does an axolotl make new cells to grow new body parts? Write 3-5 sentences. Use the word bank to help you.
What vocabulary word does this picture show?
Parent cell
Cell cycle
Repair
Daughter cells
What vocabulary word does this picture show?
Mitosis
Growth
Cell cycle
Chromosomes
How many daughter cells does mitosis produce?
1
2
4
100
How do the daughter cells compare to the parent cell?
They are different.
They are identical.
Before mitosis, a cell makes copies of its chromosomes. When it makes these copies, it has two of each chromosome. One copy goes into each new daughter cell during mitosis. The new daughter cells are exactly the same.
