Cell Cycle/Cancer

Cancer creates abnormal cells by disrupting

• the cell cycle

• DNA replication

• cellular respiration

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True or False: Environmental factors can increase the risk of cancer.

• True

• False

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Which of these is a risk factor for developing cancer? CHECK ALL THAT APPLY

• Old age

• Smoking

• Genetics

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Cancer is defined as the

• uncontrolled division of mutated cells

• normal division of cells

• normal DNA replication

• abnormal ATP synthesis

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

• tumor

• checkpoint

• growth factor

• oncogene

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Cell programmed self destruction is called

• Atopic

• Apoptosis

• Antiparallel

• Anticellular

How many cell cycle checkpoints are there?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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What is the first checkpoint of the cell cycle?

• Mitosis checkpoint

• G₁ checkpoint

• G₂ checkpoint

Name the 3 checkpoints of the cell cycle

• Anaphase checkpoint, mitosis/metaphase checkpoint, and telophase checkpoint

• Interphase checkpoint, S phase checkpoint, and M phase checkpoint

• G1 checkpoint, G2 checkpoint, and S phase checkpoint

• G1 checkpoint, G2 checkpoint, and mitosis/metaphase checkpoint

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Cancer is the breakdown of what normal body process?

• cell division and regulation

• cellular respiration

• internal respiration

• external respiration

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