Differentiation

Which type of cells have not gone through differentiation yet?

• nerve cells

• skin cells

• stem cells

• muscle cells

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Cell Differentiation is the process of ____.

• stem cells making more stem cells

• nerve cells making more nerve cells

• stem cells becoming different types of cells

• different types of cells becoming stem cells.

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Each stem cell can differentiate only one time and then cannot change again.

• True

• False

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When certain genes are ____, this will cause a cell to begin differentiating.

• made

• activated

• inactivated

• built

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Skin cells and bone cells have ______ genes activated.

• the same

• different

• all of the

• none of the

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_______________ is the process by which cells that are not specialized develop into their specialized forms.

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__________ are a special type of body cell that can develop into different types of cells.

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So why do stomach cells function differently than skin cells?

• They have different DNA.

• Different types of cells simply use different genes contained in the DNA.

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What is Cell differentiation?

• The process of cell divison

• The process of cells becoming specialized for specific functions

• The process of cells becoming identical

• The process of cells becoming mutated

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What is gene regulation?

• DNA Replication

• The formation of new genes within the DNA

• Uncontrolled cell growth with damaged DNA

• The expression of genes to in order to create cell types

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