Cell Cycle and Cancer

The causes of cancer may include which of the following?

• environmental influences
• UV radiation
• viruses
• all of these

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of the following explains why a cell's size is limited?

• a. volume increases faster than surface area
• b. surface area increases faster than volume
• c. homeostasis is disrupted by a cell that is too large
• d. both a and c are correct

As a cell grows, its ___ increases more than its ___.

• length, volume
• width, surface area
• volume, surface area
• none of these

Among the following, the term that includes the others is ___.

• interphase
• nuclear division
• mitosis
• cell cycle

The longest phase of the cell cycle 

• prophase
• interphase
• metaphase
• mitosis

A chromatid is attached to a spindle fiber by the

• nucleolus
• deep furrow
• centromere
• centriole

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Which of the follwoing structures is most complex?

• cell
• organ system
• organ
• tissue

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

NGSS.HS-LS1-2

Identify the phase of mitosis

• prophase
• metaphase
• anaphase
• telophase

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

The structures that hold together sister chromatids

• tissues
• chromosomes
• spindle
• centromeres

the football shaped structure consisting of thin fibers

• spindle
• centromere
• chromatid
• chromosome

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1