Cell Cycle & Viruses

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the cell cycle?

• To create new daughter cells
• To prevent cancer from developing
• To help the body fight viruses and bacteria

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Neuron cells, like the one pictured, rarely replicate. Therefore, we consider them to be in the _____ phase.

• G0
• G1
• S
• Delay

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During which phase of the cell cycle does the cell spend the most time?

• Mitosis
• Cytokinesis
• Interphase

Multiple Choice

During which part of the cell cycle does the cell divide?

• Interphase
• Mitosis
• S phase

Multiple Choice

During which part of the cell cycle is DNA copied?

• Mitosis
• Cytokinesis
• S phase

Draw

Label the stages of mitosis below:

Multiple Choice

In what phase do the chromosomes get pulled apart into sister chromatid to opposite sides of the cell?

• Prophase
• Interphase
• Metaphase
• Anaphase

Multiple Choice

In what phase do the chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell?

• Cytokinesis
• Metaphase
• Prophase
• Telophase

Multiple Choice

In what phase does chromatin condense to form chromosomes?

• Mitosis
• Interphase
• Prophase
• Anaphase

Multiple Choice

What is shown in the picture?

• Mitosis
• Interphase
• Cytokinesis

Multiple Choice

Uncontrolled cell division which usually leads to tumors and disease is called:

• Metaphase

• Cytokinesis

• Cancer

• Diabetes

Multiple Choice

When cancer spreads to other tissues of the body, it is called...

• Metastasis
• Invasiveness
• Angiogenesis
• Chemotherapy

Multiple Choice

How could you describe the size of a virus?

• Smaller than bacteria
• Larger than a parasite
• About the size of a dime
• Smaller than a proton

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Does a virus need to be specific on the type of cell it attaches to?

• Yes

• No

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What part of a virus is the protein capsule that houses the genetic material (DNA/RNA)?

• tail
• nucleus
• capsid
• glycoprotein

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What is the main function of the projections on the surface of a virus?

• They aid in respiration
• They help the virus grow
• They help the virus invade its host by attaching to specific sites on the host
• They help the virus digest food molecules

Multiple Choice

Viruses 

• have many cells
• are misfolded proteins
• are a protein coat around genetic material
• endospores

Multiple Choice

A virus can be classified by its type of

• mitochondria
• chromosomes
• nucleic acid
• carbohydrates

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What do viruses need to reproduce?

• they need genetic material
• They need a host cell
• They need  bacteria
• They need insulin

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Viruses are...

• prokaryotic
• eukaryotic
• non-living

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Reasons that viruses are considered to be nonliving is because

• They are not cellular
• They cannot reproduce on their own
• They cannot make proteins
• all of the above

Multiple Choice

Which type of replication allows viral genetic material to lay dormant while the host cell reproduces?

• active (lytic)
• mitosis
• hidden (lysogenic)
• cellular respiration

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a possible part of a virus?

•  Capsid
•    DNA
•  Nucleus
• RNA

Multiple Choice

Which viral cycle takes the longest to show symptoms?

• Lysogenic

• Lytic

Multiple Choice

When the viral DNA becomes active in the lysogenic cycle, which life cycle does it enter?

• lytic

• lysogenic

• cell cycle

• DNA replication

Multiple Choice

If Andy is feeling symptoms from a virus that he contracted, the virus must be in the

• lytic cycle

• lysogenic cycle

• the capsid bursts

• the virus becomes dormant

Multiple Choice

Which can be treated with antibiotics?

• Virus
• Bacteria
• Mutagen
• Parasite