Aspects of Cancer Review

True or False: Normal cells reproduce uncontrollably because of genetic mutations.

• True

• False

Programmed cell death is known as

• Mitosis

• Division

• Apoptosis

• Controlosis

True or False: Cancer cells are assigned a specific task, but do not function properly due to a mutation or damage to DNA.

• True

• False

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True or False: Normal cells have tumor or growth suppressors that control cell growth so that cells stop dividing when they need to.

• True

• False

When enough cells have been made and are contacted on all sides by other cells around it, they stop dividing. This is known as...

• Mitosis

• Contact inhibition

• Oncogenesis

• Carcinogens

True or False: Normal cells will self destruct if they have a disease or mutation so that the mutation doesn't spread.

• True

• False

The process that cells use to make more cells for growth and repair is known as...

• Oncogenesis

• Apoptosis

• Mitosis

• Slimotosis

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True or False: All cells reproduce through Mitosis

• True

• False

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A student makes a claim that cancer cells are only different because they divide too much. Is this claim correct?

• Yes

• No

• I am not sure

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What are the reasons a cell might undergo mitosis?

• If an organism is getting bigger or growing

• If old cells die

• If cells get damaged

• All of the above

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