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WorksheetsCell Cycle and cancer
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
_____ is the uncontrolled growth of cells, often resulting in a tumor or mass of abnormal cells
a)
Cancer
b)
Apoptosis
c)
Radiation
2.
Apoptosis is
a)
programmed cell death
b)
mysterious cell death
c)
programmed cellular mutation
d)
mysterious cellular mutation
3.
What is the cell cycle?
a)
The gradual development of something, especially from a simple to a more complex form.
b)
The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics.
c)
The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
d)
The series of events that take place in a cell leading to its division and duplication of its DNA to produce two daughter cells.
4.
Which part of the Cell Cycle takes the longest?
a)
Interphase
b)
Mitosis
c)
Prophase
d)
Cytokinesis
5.
What does DNA Replication mean?
a)
DNA is made.
b)
DNA makes new cells.
c)
DNA copies itself.
d)
DNA starts the cell cycle.
6.
What can the cell cycle also be called?
a)
Cell growth
b)
DNA Replication
c)
Preparation for Mitosis
d)
Cell Divison
7.
Cancer creates abnormal cells by disrupting
a)
the cell cycle
b)
red blood cell formation
c)
DNA replication
d)
ATP synthesis
8.
An abnormal mass of cancer cells is called a
a)
tumor
b)
cyst
c)
lesion
d)
polyp
9.
The cancer cells are still in the place where they started and have not spread at all.
a)
stage 0
b)
stage 1
c)
stage 2 and 3
d)
stage 4
10.
Metastasis is
a)
the spread of cancer from one part of the body to another.
b)
the growth of tumors in the lungs
c)
cancer of the blood cells
d)
cancer that is found in connective tissues
11.
Using drugs or medicines to destroy cancer cells.
a)
chemotherapy
b)
radiation therapy
c)
cancer surgery
d)
mitotic spindling
12.
Which type of tumor is being described:
Slow growing Not dangerous Does not spread
a)
Malignant
b)
Benign
13.
Which type of tumor is being described below:
Spreads Dangerous Grows quickly
a)
Benign
b)
Malignant
14.
A side effect of chemo is (a) loss.
15.
Cancer cells do not pass cell cycle checkpoints, and so they undergo apoptosis and die.
a)
True
b)
False
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