Day 5 Check for Understanding Cancer

What is your first and last name?

What period do you have biology?

• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 7

What stops a cell from dividing endlessly?

• Tissues
• Organs
• Cyclins
• Hormones

True or False: Checkpoints occur at the end of each of the cell cycle to make sure the cell is healthy enough to go onto the next phase.

• True
• False

___________________ allow the cell to proceed only when certain events have occurred in the cell.

• Internal cells
• External nutrients
• Internal regulators
• External regulators

True or false: Normal cells divide uncontrollably

• True
• False

Select all that apply: Which of the following cause environmental mutations

• Overexposure to radiation
• Overexposure to chemicals
• Overexposure to the Sun
• Genetics

Which of the following is NOT a preventable type of mutation?

• Overexposure to radiation
• Overexposure to chemicals
• Overexposure to the Sun
• Genetics

Select all that apply: Malignant tumors are cancerous because they

• Do not spread
• Spread to other parts of the body
• Destroy healthy tissue in other parts of the body

True or False: Benign tumors are not cancerous and do not spread to other parts of the body.

• True
• False