Unit 2 Cells Concept 3 Cell Cycle and Cancer

The causes of cancer may include which of the following?

• environmental influences
• UV radiation
• viruses
• all of these

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Which of the following explains why a cell's size is limited?

• a. volume increases faster than surface area
• b. surface area increases faster than volume
• c. homeostasis is disrupted by a cell that is too large
• d. both a and c are correct

The longest phase of the cell cycle 

• prophase
• interphase
• metaphase
• mitosis

A chromatid is attached to a spindle fiber by the

• nucleolus
• deep furrow
• centromere
• centriole

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Which of the follwoing structures is most complex?

• cell
• organ system
• organ
• tissue

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Identify the phase of mitosis

• prophase
• metaphase
• anaphase
• telophase

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The structures that hold together sister chromatids

• tissues
• chromosomes
• spindle
• centromeres

The process by which the nuclear material is divided equally between two new cells

• mitosis
• cancer
• spindle
• centromere

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the uncontrolled division of cells that results in malignant growth 

• tissues
• cancer
• mitosis
• anaphase

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the two halves of the doubled chromosome structure 

• centromeres
• sister chromatids
• spindle
• tissues

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