Cell Cycle and Cancer Review

Which of the following is the correct order for the phases of the cell cycle?

• G1, M, G2, C, S
• S, G1, G2, M, C
• G1, G2, S, M, C
• G1, S, G2, M, C

Uncontrollable cell growth is known as _____

• Obesity
• Cancer
• Diabetes
• Hepatitis

Why does chemotherapy cause nausea and a person's hair to fall out?

• The dying tumor cells cause these effects on the body
• Chemotherapy kills all rapidly dividing cells in the body
• These are effects of the cancer and not from the chemotherapy
• The chemotherapy stops all cell division within a cell

In which stage of the cell cycle does the cell grow in size?

• G₁

• S

• G₂

• Mitosis

An error, or change, to DNA is called a ____________.

• microtubule

• chromatid

• tumor suppressing gene

• mutation

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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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The process of mitosis and cytokinesis produce two identical

• daughter cells
• strands
• chromosomes
• chromatids

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Which phrase best describes cancer?

• absence of cyclins
• multiple gene mutations
• uncontrolled cell growth
• precesnce of genetic defects

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During interphase, a cell grows, duplicates organelles, and

• copies DNA
• divides the nucleus
• divides the cytoplasm
• produces a new cell

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