Cancer and Cell Cycle

What is cancer?

• The heart does not receive enough blood.
• Sudden disruption of blood flow to part of the brain.
• Blood filled weak spot.
• Uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells.

The causes of cancer may include which of the following?

• environmental influences
• UV radiation
• viruses
• all of these

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Cancer is a consequence of the disruption of the cell cycle

• True
• False

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Cancer cells do not pass cell cycle checkpoints, and so they undergo apoptosis and die.

• True

• False

What is a term for programmed cell death?

• apoptosis
• necrosis
• cell death
• doom

________________is a critical point where stop and go signals can regulate the cycle

• Metastasis

• Checkpoint

• Malignant

• Benign

One difference between a cancer cell and a normal cell is that

• cancer cells divide unconrollably

• normal cells divide uncontrollably

• cancer cells cannot make copies of DNA

• normal cells cannot make copies of DNA

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Check what occurs if a non-cancerous cell does not meet the requirements for a checkpoint.

• Cell repairs itself

• Cell waits until requirements met

• Cell under goes Apoptosis

• cell goes past checkpoint and continues to divide