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11.3 Regulating the Cell Cycle

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 27mins

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Class
Date
1.

A disorder in which some of the body's cells lose the ability to control growth.

a)

Growth factor

b)

Human growth hormone

c)

Cancer

d)

Tumor

2.

Proteins that direct cells to either speed up or slow down the cell cycle.

a)

Growth factor

b)

Human growth hormone

c)

Cancer

d)

Tumor

3.

What is the mass of rapidly dividing cells that can damage surrounding tissue called?

a)

Growth factor

b)

Human growth hormone

c)

Cancer

d)

Tumor

4.

Apoptosis is

a)

the process of programmed cell death

b)

the process of programmed cell growth

c)

the process of programmed cell birth

d)

the process of programmed cell regulation

5.

What does the family of proteins known as Cyclin regulate?

a)

Mitosis

b)

Meiosis

c)

Cell Cycle

d)

Interphase

6.

Which type of tumor causes the most damage?

a)

Malignant

b)

Benign

c)

Premalignant

7.

What are internal and external regulators?

a)

Metastatic

b)

G1 Metaphase

c)

Cyclins

8.

What is the function of cyclins?

a)

Cyclins are carbohydrates that regulate DNA replication during the mitosis phase of the cell cycle.

b)

Cyclins are glycoproteins that repair DNA at the beginning of the cell cycle.

c)

Cyclins are proteins that regulate when and how often a cell divides.

9.

Which of the following is a type of protein that regulates the cell cycle? 

a)

actin 

b)

myosin 

c)

cyclin 

d)

pepsin 

10.

Non-cancerous tumors are called _____. Cancerous tumors are called _____.

a)

metastatic ; malignant

b)

malignant ; benign

c)

benign ; malignant

d)

benign ; metastatic

11.

What is the term for the spreading of cancerous cells?

a)

metastasis

b)

carcinogenesis

c)

angiogenesis

d)

homeostasis

12.

Cancer promoting substances are called:

a)

Tumors

b)

Carcinogens

c)

Cyclins

d)

Malignant

13.

Cancer creates abnormal cells by disrupting...

a)

the cell cycle

b)

red blood cell formation

c)

DNA replication

d)

ATP synthesis

14.

What is Apoptosis?

a)

Programmed cell death

b)

A phase of mitosis

c)

A type of cancer

d)

A carcinogen

15.

What is a checkpoint in the cell cycle?

a)

A check to see if the cell is ready to move on

b)

A check to slow down mitosis

c)

A check to see if the cell is performing mitosis or meiosis

d)

A check to make sure the cell doesn't die

16.

During the cell cycle checkpoints in the interphase, the cell checks for the following... (3)

a)

The DNA is 100% correct and perfect.

b)

The cell is growing correctly.

c)

There are enough nutrients and resources for the cell to continue.

d)

The cell is able to self-destruct.

17.

Which type of cancer treatment works best when cancer has metastasized around the body?

a)

Chemotherapy

b)

Radiation Treatments

c)

Hormones Treatments

d)

Surgery

18.

A diagnostic procedure that involves removing a tissue sample from a patient is called?

a)

Biopsy

b)

Lipotripsy

c)

Pathogenesis

d)

Oncology

19.

What does Stage 2 Cancer mean?

a)

A small mass that has not spread

b)

Part of the mass might have spread to the lymph nodes

c)

A larger mass that has spread beyond the local area where it started

d)

It has spread to numerous other organ systems

20.

Stage 4 cancer is:

a)

Localized mass starting to spread into the lymph nodes

b)

Mass that has not spread to other tissue

c)

Mass that has spread well beyond its starting point

d)

Locally advanced spread but not to other organs