SA: V
DNA replication
mitosis
cancer
extra
100
What is the (mathematical)term that describes the outer part of the cell?
surface area
100
What is the name of the enzyme that unzips the DNA strand.
Helicase
100
Name the type of cell that undergoes mitosis
somatic cells (body cells)
100
This type of tumor does not spread; it is not cancerous
benign
100
Name one way a cell may increase it's surface area without changing the SA: V ratio.
folding (finger-like projections)

flattening

elongating

200
What is the mathematical term that describes the amount of space inside the cell?
volume
200
The location in which the double helix is separated is called _____
replication fork
200
The form of genetic material in interphase is _____.
chromatin
200
During which part of the cell cycle does cyclin production begin?
interphase
200
Name the THREE components that make of a nucleic acid monomer
sugar (deoxyribose), phosphate, and nitrogen base
300
This is the ideal surface area to volume ratio for a cell.
large
300
The incomplete DNA fragments produced in the lagging strand are called  _____
Okazaki fragments
300
Interphase and cell division make up the ____ _____ (two words)
Cell Cycle
300
Name THREE forms of cancer treatment
radiation, surgery, chemotherapy
300

Name the TWO types of body cells that do not divide

nerve and muscle
400
What happens to the surface area to volume ratio as a cell gets larger?
SA: V gets smaller
400
Name the enzyme that brings in nucleotides during DNA replication
DNA polymerase
400
The phase of mitosis in which sister chromatids split.  At this point they become individual chromosomes
Anaphase
400
This enzyme promotes spindle fibers to form
cyclin
400

This gene stops the cell cycle until all chromosomes have been replicated



p53
500
To determine the surface area of a cube, the equation is length times width times this number.
6
500
The terms that describes the 2 DNA strands. (1/2 original strand; 1/2 have new strand)
Semi-conservative
500
This is formed in an animal cell during cytokinesis.
cleavage furrow
500
What is the term that means "cell suicide"
apoptosis
500
There are three of these in the cell cycle.  They occur between G1/S, in G2, and metaphase
checkpoints
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