Stem Cells Grade 9 quiz

What makes stem cells different from other functioning cells?

• They never die.

• They make other types of cells.

• They come from the brain stem.

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Can skin cells be reprogrammed to function as stem cells?

• True

• False

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What is the main function of stem cells in embryos?

• To cure serious chronic diseases and save the child from an early demise.

• To provide nutritional value and support to the immune system.

• To multiply and specialize in order to create the vast array of specific cells that make up a full human.

• To be absolutely rad.

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Stem cells can be obtained from

• embryos
• some adult tissues
• umbilical cord blood
• all of the above

What does "pluripotent" mean?

• able to divide and make many different types of cells
• not able to divide
• can only divide and make one cell type 
• if it divides, it will make a cancerous tumor

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What is the difference between embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells?

• Embryonic stem cells can differentiate into more cell types than adult stem cells
• Adult stem cells are pluripotent, just like embryonic stem cells
• Adult stem cells can differentiate into more cell types than embryonic stem cells
• Adult stem cells grow bigger than embryonic stem cells

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Which is true about Adult Stem Cells.

• They no longer do mitosis, their cell type is set and can not change
• They are limited to the type of  cell they can become.
• They can become any cell type in the body
• They are found in embryos

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Stem cells are used to __________.

• make clones
• create new species of animals
• make babies
• grow different types of tissues

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What is true of induced pluripotent stem cells?

• They can be turned/forced into other types of cells in a lab.

• They can't be turned into other types of cells.

• They can be turned back into their original type of cell.

• all of the above

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Which is something that can stem cells can repair/cure?

• sports injuries

• certain diseases like Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and diabetes

• bone marrow in cancer patients

• all of the above

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