Cell Cycle and Cancer Insights

What is the first stage of the cell cycle after fertilization?

• Differentiation

• Meiosis

• Mitosis

• Apoptosis

What process creates specialized structures and functions in cells?

• Mitosis

• Differentiation

• Meiosis

• Apoptosis

What are the undifferentiated cells that can become one or more types of cells called?

• Stem cells

• Neurons

• Osteocytes

• Hepatocytes

Which phase of the cell cycle is known as the growth phase?

• Interphase

• Telophase

• Prophase

• Metaphase

During which phase does DNA replication occur?

• G2 phase

• G1 phase

• M phase

• S phase

What is the term for one half of a duplicated chromosome?

• Chromatin

• Telomere

• Centromere

• Chromatid

Which phase of mitosis involves the chromosomes lining up in the middle of the cell?

• Anaphase

• Metaphase

• Prophase

• Telophase

What is the process called when the cytoplasm divides to form two new cells?

• Cytokinesis

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

• Prophase

What is the term for programmed cell death?

• Meiosis

• Mitosis

• Apoptosis

• Differentiation

What is the term for the spread of cancer cells to other parts of the body?

• Carcinogenesis

• Malignant

• Metastasis

• Benign