Quizizz-Review: Cell Differentiation

Stem cells can be obtained from

• embryos
• some adult tissues
• umbilical cord blood
• all of the above

All bodily cells have the same DNA. True or False?

• True

• False

Multicellular organism begin as one cell to undifferentiated masses of cells and ultimately have different type of cells due to

• different DNA

• deactivated DNA

• gene expression in specific parts of DNA

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What process best explains how muscle cells and nerve cells can develop from the same fertilized egg?

• genetic engineering
• survival of the fittest
• differentiation
• selective breeding

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Which cell is specialized by having lots of mitochondria for energy and protein fibers for movement?

• skin cell

• nerve cell

• blood cell

• muscle cell

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Stem cells are

• cells that grow uncontrollably.
• undifferentiated and can develop into many types of cells.
• cells that never go through cell division.
• only found in embryos.

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Your red blood cells are a type of

• Specialized cell

• Embryonic stem cell

• Adult stem cell

• Induced stem cell

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Which is true about embryonic stem cells?

• They no longer divide, their cell type is set and cannot change.
• They can develop into only one type of cell.
• They can become any cell type in the body.
• They are found in adults.

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Why do stomach cells function differently than skin cells?

• They contain entirely different DNA

• They use different genes in the DNA

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Which type of cell is unspecialized?

• skin cell
• stem cell
• liver cell
• muscle cell

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