Cell cycle and cancer

Cell cycle and cancer

9th Grade

72 Qs

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Cell cycle and cancer

Cell cycle and cancer

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Quiz

Biology

9th Grade

Easy

NGSS
HS-LS1-4, HS-LS3-2, HS-LS1-1

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72 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is cancer?

Interphase

Cell cycle

Uncontrolled cell cycle

controlled mitosis

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Cells can become cancerous when:

mutations accumulate in the genes that control cell division
no mutations occur
cell division repressor genes are not mutated
apoptosis occurs all the time

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In general, cancer cells contain:

only one mutation
1,000's of mutations
in the neighborhood of 60 mutations
no mutations at all making them out of control

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A mutation is:

a cell that has no changes
a cell that is missing its nucleus therefore it is out of control
a cell with no ribosomes
a change in that occurs in the DNA of a gene in a cell

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Cells can become cancerous when changes (mutations) occur within:

cell division suppressor genes
cell division regulator genes 
mutations in cell growth genes
all can be causes for cells to become cancerous

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Apoptosis is:

what we call it when cancer spreads
Pre-programmed normal cell death
out of control cell death
another name for cancer causing mutations

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Cancer cells have:

a growth advantage over normal cells
really aren't different structurally from normal cells
always spread throughout the body
are restricted in terms of their cell division

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

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