WorksheetsCell Biology
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
When cancer is diagnosed, fair skin and the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are examples of:
environmental risk factors
risky behaviors
chemical exposure
inherited predispositions
The incidence of cancer would be highest in which person?
15-year-old African-American male
3-year-old Asian male
48-year-old Pacific-Island male
70-year-old white male
A chronic cough, blood-tinged sputum, and dyspnea are symptoms of which cancer?
breast
leukemia
lung
skin
The number of people alive at some point after they have been diagnosed with cancer refers to:
survival rate
mortality rate
incidence rate
occurrence rate
What system in the human body can recognize foreign cells like cancer cells?
digestive system
immune system
nervous system
urinary system
The Gardisil vaccine has been advertised to reduce the rates of cervical cancer; however, this immunization works for males and females alike against which viral infection common among young adults?
hepatitis
mononucleosis
HPV
herpes
Cancer is the breakdown of what normal body process?
cell division
cellular respiration
internal respiration
external respiration
A patient was just told that he has cancer. What medical term will be used by the doctor to document these positive test results?
mitosis
diagnosis
prognosis
meiosis
Any substance that causes cancer by either damaging genes or disrupting metabolic processes is called a:
carcinogen
halogen
mutagen
pathogen
What is the main difference between cancer cells and normal cells?
normal cells and cancer cells both grow slowly
cancer cells grow at a faster rate than normal cells
normal cells grow at a faster rate than cancer cells
cancer cells and normal cells both grow rapidly
The number of people diagnosed with cancer each year per 100,000 people refers to:
mortality rate
survival rate
incidence rate
diagnosis rate
What disease may be the result of genetic changes over long periods of time?
cancer
hemophilia
hepatitis
lupus
