- cell grows and carries out basic life functions
- cell organelles are duplicated
- DNA is replicated; chromosomes are duplicated
- cell prepares for mitosis
- cell is actively dividing
- mitosis occurs
- cytokinesis occurs
- nucleus divides during mitosis
- chromosomes condense and are visible when viewed with microscope
- nuclear membrane breaks down
- chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell
- chromosomes duplicated during interphase separate
- nuclear membrane reforms around each cluster of chromosomes
- during cytokinesis the cytoplasm divides
- organelles duplicated during interphase separate
- two daughter cells are formed