Cancer Cells Versus Normal Cells

Stem cells are

• cells that grow uncontrollably
• undifferentiated and can be any type of cell
• never go through cell division
• only found in embryos

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What process best explains how muscle cells and nerve cells can develop from the same fertilized egg?

• genetic engineering
• survival of the fittest
• differentiation
• selective breeding

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Which is NOT a phase of the cell cycle?

• Interphase

• Cytokinesis

• Mitosis

• Duplication

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The ____________ ensures that our body’s grow and repair

themselves.

• The cell growth

• The cell repair

• The cell recycle

• The cell cycle

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The process by which a cell nucleus divides is called:

• interphase

• mitosis

• cytokinesis

• cell cycle

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The final stage of the cell cycle is called:

• Interphase

• mitosis

• cytokinesis

• daughter cells

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

• Mitosis
• Cytokinesis
• Interphase

Mutations can be negative because

• They can cause cancer

• They can cause birth defects

• They can help an organism thrive in its environment.

• They can affect offspring.

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Where do mutations occur?

• DNA and RNA
• DNA 
• RNA
• mRNA and tRNA

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Using drugs or medicines to destroy cancer cells.

• chemotherapy
• radiation therapy
• cancer surgery
• mitotic spindling