Cell Cycle & Cancer

Which of the following is a difference between sexual and asexual reproduction?

• regeneration is exclusive to sexual reproduction

• asexual reproduction occurs only in haploid organisms

• sexual reproduction includes the development of unfertilized eggs

• sexual reproduction is more likely to increase the chance of genetic variation than is asexual reproduction

When a eukaryotic cell is not dividing, its genetic material can be found in the form of very long thin fibers called

• chromatin

• chromosomes

• the nucleolus

• RNA

During prophase of mitosis, each chromosome of a eukaryotic cell consists of a pair of identical structures called

• chromatid

• sister chromosomes

• DNA transcript

• sister chromatids

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Eukaryotic cells spend most of their cell cycle in which phase?

• interphase

• prophase

• metaphase

• anaphase

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The process by which the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell divides to produce two cells is called

• mitosis

• cytokinesis

• binary fission

• telophase

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As a cell grows, its ___ increases more than its ___.

• length, volume
• width, surface area
• volume, surface area
• none of these

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

A chromatid is attached to a spindle fiber by the

• nucleolus
• deep furrow
• centromere
• centriole

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Identify the phase of mitosis

• prophase
• metaphase
• anaphase
• telophase

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