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Cancer Quiz

Authored by Kristin Jacobson

Science

9th Grade

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Cancer Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What are the top three most commonly diagnosed types of cancer in the U.S.?

Breast, Prostate, Lung

Lung, Kidney, Bladder

Prostate, Colon, Leukemia

Uterus, Skin, Breast

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What are the deadliest types of cancer?

Breast, Kidney, Colon, Ovarian

Lung, Breast, Prostate, Colon, Pancreas

Kidney, Leukemia, Lung, Breast

Breast, Colon, Liver, Uterus

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which people experience a higher risk of cancer than others and why?

Taller people-more cells, more chance for things to go wrong

Older people-more cell divisions, more chance for something to go wrong

People exposed to mutagens-smoke/vape, UV light etc.

Obese people

All of the above

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Scientists originally predicted that large, long-lived animals like elephants and whales would experience a high rate of cancer, but they found this is not the case. Why?

Whales live in water and if you live in water you don't get cancer

Elephants are herbivores and herbivores don't get cancer

They have multiple copies of p53 a tumor suppressor gene

They have less copies of p53

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What are some of the differences in how cancer cells look under the microscope, compared to normal cells?

Abnormal shape, small nucleus, stain lighter, less DNA

Normal shape but have a larger nucleus and clump together

Abnormal shape, clump together, stain lighter under microscope, smaller nucleus

Abnormal shape, larger nuclei, stain darker, more DNA, clustered together

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is a tumor? What is the difference between malignant and benign?

A clump of abnormal cells; both benign and malignant spread and invade surrounding cells

A clump of abnormal cells benign do not spread or invade surrounding tissues and malignant do

A clump of abnormal cells benign do spread and invade surrounding tissue but malignant do not

7.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Why does cancer have the potential to be deadly?​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ ​ (c)  

Cells spread to surrounding tissues
New tumors form near important organs
Organ function is affected
All cancer is just deadly

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