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WorksheetsMutation/Cancer
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How do doctors name what type of cancer someone has?
a)
Where it begins
b)
Where it ends
c)
The area that has the most cancer
d)
The area that has the least cancer
2.
What is cancer?
a)
The heart does not receive enough blood.
b)
Sudden disruption of blood flow to part of the brain.
c)
Blood filled weak spot.
d)
Uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells.
3.
Which phrase best describes a common characteristic of all cancers?
a)
absence of cyclins
b)
damaged DNA
c)
uncontrolled cell growth
d)
inherited from parents
4.
An abnormal mass of cancer cells is called a
a)
tumor
b)
cyst
c)
lesion
d)
polyp
5.
Activities or choices that will affect your health.
a)
lifestyle factors
b)
biogenetics
c)
healthy choices
d)
habits
6.
Using drugs or medicines to destroy cancer cells.
a)
chemotherapy
b)
radiation therapy
c)
cancer surgery
d)
mitotic spindling
7.
Cancer creates abnormal cells by disrupting
a)
the cell cycle
b)
red blood cell formation
c)
DNA replication
d)
ATP synthesis
8.
Cancer harms the body by destroying healthy body tissues.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
the uncontrolled division of cells that results in malignant growth
a)
tissues
b)
cancer
c)
mitosis
d)
anaphase
10.
Cancer harms the body by destroying healthy body tissues.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Cancer tumors result from
a)
rapid cell division
b)
rapid DNA replication
c)
slow cell division
d)
long interphase
12.
What is the term for using drugs to treat cancer?
a)
Surgery
b)
Radiation
c)
Chemotherapy
d)
Hormonal treatments
13.
Term for a group of more than 100 diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control.
a)
biopsy
b)
epiodemiology
c)
cancer
d)
mortality
14.
Cancer can cause mutations of DNA
a)
True
b)
False
15.
The original DNA is: A G A G A G A G
Which answer choices shows ONE mutation in the original DNA?
Which answer choices shows ONE mutation in the original DNA?
a)
A G T G A G A G
b)
A G A G T G C G
c)
A G A G A G A G
d)
A G A G C C C C
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