Cancer Practice Quiz

Cancer is:

• uncontrolled cell death

• uncontrolled cell growth

• cell division

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A change or damage to DNA of a cell is called a:

• mutation

• cancer

• replication

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A mass of super-dividing cells that grows quickly

• mutation

• cell cycle

• tumor

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A cancerous cell has lost its ability to control it's rate of _________.

• nutrient uptake

• cell division

• osmosis

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Cancerous cells divide _____ rapidly than normal cells

• more

• less

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Cancerous cells grow in a _______ organized way than normal cells.

• more

• less

Tumors that do not spread through the body are called

• benign

• malignant

• metastasis

Tumors that can spread to different parts of the body are called:

• benign

• malignant

True or false:

Benign tumors are more dangerous because they can invade other parts of the body and destroy healthy tissue.

• True

• False

Metastasis is:

• the process where cells divide uncontrollably

• the process of DNA mutating to make a cancer cell

• the process where cancer cells spread to other parts of the body

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