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Cell division - part B Review

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following changes in concentration throughout the cell cycle?

a)

Cell Cycle Target Proteins

b)

Cyclin Dependent Kinases (CDKs)

c)

Cyclins

d)

Kinases

2.

What does the cell do if it passes the G1 Checkpoint?

a)

Starts to replicate DNA

b)

Starts to supercoil DNA

c)

Starts to breakdown the nucleus

d)

Starts to form the mitotic spindle

3.

Cyclin E is involved with:

a)

Initiating Mitosis

b)

Initiating cytokinesis

c)

Preparing the DNA for replication

d)

Making sure microtubules are attached to kinetochores

4.

Which cyclin is best represented in the following graph:

a)

A →B→D→E

b)

E→D→A→B

c)

D→E→B→A

d)

D→E→A→B

5.

Tim Hunt's discovery of cyclins is a good example of serendipity in science, because...

a)

he had to think outside the box to discover them

b)

he wasn't looking for cyclins when he discovered them

c)

their discovery benefited humanity but also caused his death

d)

it was later shown that he stole the material

6.

What ties viruses, chemicals and radiation together in causing cancer?

a)

They all can create mutations in genes

b)

The cellular damage they cause is always inherited

c)

They are all infectious

d)

All the above are correct

7.

Cancers metastasize throughout the body by:

a)

The mutation of one of dozens of cell cycle control genes

b)

An accumulation of cell cycle control gene mutations

c)

By hijacking white blood cells

d)

Discarding their nucleus

8.

Tumor Suppressor Genes are _________ because they _______________ cell cycle progress

a)

Bad / Speed Up

b)

Bad / Slow Down

c)

Good / Speed Up

d)

Good / Slow Down

9.

This graph seems to show what type of correlation between egg consumption & cancer mortality

a)

Direct

b)

Indirect

c)

No correlation

d)

Negative

10.

Which of the following are major causes of lung cancer?

a)

Viruses

b)

Pollution

c)

Heredity

d)

All of the above

11.

How did epidemiology help connect smoking to lung cancer?

a)

Through experimentation

b)

Through data analysis

c)

Through double blind studies

d)

Through computer models

12.

Risks of Vitamin D deficiency tend to __________ as skin cancer risks ______________

a)

decrease / increase

b)

decrease / decrease

c)

increase / increase

d)

increase / decrease

13.

When in Mitosis does the M Cell Cycle Checkpoint occur?

a)

Prophase

b)

Metaphase

c)

Anaphase

d)

Telophase

14.

UV Radiation can be absorbed by a cellular protein known as:

a)

DNA

b)

melatonin

c)

melanin

d)

keratin

15.

Why does chemotherapy cause nausea and a person's hair to fall out?

a)

The dying tumor cells cause these effects on the body

b)

These are effects of the cancer and not from the chemotherapy

c)

The chemotherapy stops all cell division within a cell

d)

Chemotherapy kills all rapidly dividing cells in the body

16.

Which is Interphase?

a)

A

b)

C

c)

D

d)

F

17.

Identical copies of a chromosome held together by a centromere

a)

sister chromatids

b)

chromatin

c)

chromosome

d)

centromere

18.

True or false. Cancer begins when mutations disrupt the normal cell cycle, causing cells to divide in an uncontrolled way.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The cell cycle is made up of 2 main stages, interphase and mitosis. What are the phases of interphase?

a)

Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase

b)

G1, S, G2

c)

S1, G, S2

d)

G1, G0, G2