The cell cycle is the series of event that cells go through to grow and divide. There are three main stages which are explained below!!! (Neural Academy, Mitosis cytokinesis and the cell cycle, 2009)

Definition: This is where the cell grows and preforms it daily functions, it also prepares for cell division. 

1. G1 Phase (Gap 1): Cells grows, makes proteins and organelles

2. S Phase (synthesis): DNA is replicated.

3. G2 Phase (GAP 2): Cell prepares for mitosis, checks for errors in the DNA.(Khan Academy, Interphase l Cells l MCAT l Khan Academy, 2015)

Definition: When a cells nucleus is divided into 2 indentical nuclei. 

1. Prophase: Chromatins are condensed into visible chromosomes. 

2. Metaphase: Chromosomes are aligned with the cell's equatorial plane.

3. Anaphase: Sister chromatids are pulled apart and move toward opposite poles. 

4. Telophase: Chromosomes are brought back into chromatin.  (Amoeba Sisters, Mitosis: The Amazing Cell Process that Uses Division to Multiply, 2016)

Definition: When cytoplasm is divided which creates two daughter cells. 

Process:

• Animal Cell: Cleavage furrow is formed, this pinched the cell creating two of them

• Plant Cell: A cell plate forms, this develops into a cell wall which separates the cells. (Neural Academy, Mitosis cytokinesis and the cell cycle, 2009)