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WorksheetsCancer and Cell Cycle
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 6mins
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Class
Date
1.
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.
2.
The causes of cancer may include which of the following?
a)
environmental influences
b)
UV radiation
c)
viruses
d)
all of these
3.
Cancer is a consequence of the disruption of the cell cycle
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Cancer cells do not pass cell cycle checkpoints, and so they undergo apoptosis and die.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
What is a term for programmed cell death?
a)
apoptosis
b)
necrosis
c)
cell death
d)
doom
6.
________________is a critical point where stop and go signals can regulate the cycle
a)
Metastasis
b)
Checkpoint
c)
Malignant
d)
Benign
7.
One difference between a cancer cell and a normal cell is that
a)
cancer cells divide unconrollably
b)
normal cells divide uncontrollably
c)
cancer cells cannot make copies of DNA
d)
normal cells cannot make copies of DNA
8.
Check what occurs if a non-cancerous cell does not meet the requirements for a checkpoint.
a)
Cell repairs itself
b)
Cell waits until requirements met
c)
Cell under goes Apoptosis
d)
cell goes past checkpoint and continues to divide
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