Cancer Quiz

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

What are the deadliest types of cancer?

• Breast, Kidney, Colon, Ovarian

• Lung, Breast, Prostate, Colon, Pancreas

• Kidney, Leukemia, Lung, Breast

• Breast, Colon, Liver, Uterus

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

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

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

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

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

What are some special characteristics/abilities of cancer cells?​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)   ​ ​ (e)  

• Cancer cells ignore stop and go signals
• Cancer cells are immortal; never stop dividing
• Cancer cells have abnormal amount of chromosomes
• Cancer cells have mutations in DNA
• Cancer cells have no mutations in DNA
• Cancer cells have normal number of chromosomes
• Cancer cells don't stick together
• Cancer cells stick together

How does cancer relate to the cell cycle? 2 correct answers

• Cancer cells evade (get around) checkpoints-ignore apoptosis (self destruction) signal

• Cancer cells progress normally through the cell cycle

• Cancer cells quickly divide over and over

• Cancer cells never go through the cell cycle

What are the four phases of the cell cycle? What happens during each phase?

• Cell divides; Mitosis PMATC

• G1

• Cell replicates (copies) DNA

• M

• Cell grows, obtains nutrients, makes pro

• G2

• Same as G1 prepares for cell division

• S