Cancer and HeLa Cells Review

What is cancer?

• The heart does not receive enough blood.

• Sudden disruption of blood flow to part of the brain.

• Blood filled weak spot.

• Uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells.

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What is a mutation?

• A mistake in DNA which can lead to cancer

• A complete copy of DNA

• A change in DNA which doesn't cause an issue

• A mistake in your body that is caught and removed

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Cancer creates abnormal cells by disrupting

• the cell cycle

• red blood cell formation

• DNA replication

• ATP synthesis

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An abnormal mass of cancer cells is called a 

• tumor

• cyst

• lesion

• polyp

Metastasis is

• the spread of cancer from one part of the body to another.

• the growth of tumors in the lungs

• cancer of the blood cells

• cancer that is found in connective tissues

Cancer is best and fully described by ...

• Uncontrolled cell growth

• Cells which grow abnormally and no longer function correctly

• Cells which have lost the ability to reproduce

• Cells which create abnormal tissues

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Which of the following is not a way mutations occur in cellular DNA?

• UV radiation

• Genetics

• DNA repair proteins not working correctly

• Extreme cold

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Which phrase best describes a common characteristic of all cancers?

• absence of cyclins

• damaged DNA

• uncontrolled cell growth

• inherited from parents

Cancer creates abnormal cells by disrupting

• the cell cycle

• red blood cell formation

• DNA replication

• ATP synthesis

Cancer tumors result from

• rapid cell division

• rapid DNA replication

• slow cell division

• long interphase

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