The Cell Cycle & Cancer Quiz
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In what stage of mitosis do the chromosomes move to the middle of the cell?
A. Prophase
B. Metaphase
C. Anaphase
D. Telophase
A signal that comes from inside of the cell
A. External regulation
B. Internal Regulation
C. Checkpoint
D. Apoptosis
Abnormal cells that typically remain clustered together.
A. Cancer
B. Malignant
C. Metastasize
D. Benign
Clumps of cells that divide uncontrollably.
A. Cancer
B. Tumors
C. Malignant
D. Benign
Programmed cell death
A. External regulation
B. Internal Regulation
C. Checkpoint
D. Apoptosis
Cancer cells that can break away from the tumor & be carried to other parts of the body/organs to form more tumors.
A. Cancer
B. Tumors
C. Malignant
D. Benign
One long continuous thread of DNA that consists of numerous genes & regulatory information.
A. Chromosome
B. Chromatid
C. Centromere
D. Telomere
When does the cytoplasm divide into two individual cells?
A. Prophase
B. Metaphase
C. Telophase
D. Cytokinesis
Critical point where “stop” & “go” signals can regulate the cell cycle.
A. External regulation
B. Internal Regulation
C. Checkpoint
D. Apoptosis
In what stage of mitosis do chromosomes condense & are visible as sister chromatids, the nuclear membrane disappears, & spindle fibers form?
A. Prophase
B. Metaphase
C. Anaphase
D. Telophase
What is the purpose of the cell cycle?
A. Growth & repair
B. Cell division
C. Cell differentiation
D. Create new stem cells
Place the following in order from smallest to largest.
A. Organism, Organ System, Organ, Tissue, Cell
B. Organ System, Tissue, Cell, Organism, Organ
C. Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System, Organism
D. Tissue, Organ, Organism, Cell, Organ System
One half of a duplicated chromosome.
A. Chromosome
B. Chromatid
C. Centromere
D. Telomere
Two identical chromatids
A. Chromosome
B. Sister Chromatids
C. Centromere
D. Telomere
Ends of the DNA molecule
A. Chromosome
B. Chromatid
C. Centromere
D. Telomere
Cancer causing agents
A. Malignant
B. Carcinogen
C. Metastasize
D. Benign
Which of the following is NOT a phase of Interphase
A. G1 Phase
B. S Phase
C. G2 Phase
D. Mitosis
A signal that comes from outside of the cell
A. External regulation
B. Internal Regulation
C. Checkpoint
D. Apoptosis
Spread of disease from one organ to another.
A. Cancer
B. Malignant
C. Metastasize
D. Benign
Region of the condensed chromosomes that looks pinched
A. Chromosome
B. Chromatid
C. Centromere
D. Telomere
Uncontrolled cell division
A. Cancer
B. Tumors
C. Malignant
D. Benign
What occurs during the S phase of Interphase?
A. Growth
B. Protein production
C. Chromosomes replicate
D. Chromosomes split in half
Mitosis is the process of cell division.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
In what stage of mitosis does the nuclear envelop form again, chromosomes start to look like chromatin again, spindle fibers break down & cytokinesis begins?
A. Prophase
B. Metaphase
C. Anaphase
D. Telophase
At the end of Interphase, the cell has
A. 1/4 a set of chromosomes
B. 1/2 a set of chromosomes
C. 1 set of chromosomes
D. 2 full sets of chromosomes
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