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Cell Differentiation

Authored by Yesenia Rios

Biology

9th Grade

NGSS covered

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Cell Differentiation
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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How do specialized cells develop?

cell has active parts of DNA

cell has IDENTICAL DNA with expression of specific genes

multiple copies of DNA

one chromosome

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Cell differentiation results in specialized cells with a specific function which is regulated by -

DNA

ATP

Glucose

Sugar

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which best explains why muscle cells are different from blood cells?

Muscle cells are produced by the brain, but blood cells are produced by the heart. 
Different genes are activated in muscle cells than in blood cells. 
Muscles cells experience different environmental influences than blood cells. 
A mutation occurs during the development of muscle cells but not in blood cells. 

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

How do stem cells know what type of cells to differentiate into?

The nucleus has instructions to turn some genes on and some genes off.
Signals from chemicals in the organism or from the environment determine which genes will be turned on and off.
Genes turn on and off randomly.
The cell has unique DNA that determines what the cell will become.

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is cell differentiation?

The process where unspecialized cells become specialized

When DNA controls the cell cycle.

The ability of cells to make more cells.

The ability of cells to maintain homeostasis.

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Cells that have the ability to become any type of specialized cell in the body are called:

cell membranes

stem cells

nerve cells

cardiac cells

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