6.7 - 6.9 Hayflick limit, p53 Gene and Cancer (Storylining)

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9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What can cancer cells do that normal cells cannot?
they do everything the same
they regenerate their telomeres, preventing them from aging
they go through cellular division
they grow
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS1-4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
True or False: Having healthy tumor suppressor genes is an advantage to fighting cancer.
True
False
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the complementary mRNA strand for the following DNA strand? TGA GTT TGT
CAU CAA ACA
ACU CGG ACA
ACU CAA ACA
ACT CAA ACA
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the mutation present in the following DNA strands?
TGA ATG GAC
TGA ACG GAC
insertion of Cytosine
deletion of Thymine
substitution of Cytosine to Adenine
substitution of Thymine to Cytosine
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What gene is often mutated to become inactive which can lead to cancers?
p57
EVR 1
p53
telomerase
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The scientist who said that cells lose DNA with each cell division and therefore will only divide a finite number of times is
James Watson
Leonard Hayflick
Albert Einstein
Rachel Carson
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What purpose do telomeres serve (select all that apply)?
they protect the coding regions of chromosomes
they code for proteins
they help cancer progress
they help maintain genome stability
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