Vocabulary
Cell Cycle/Mitosis
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Cancer
Asexual Reproduction, etc.
100
Mitosis
What is the process of one cell splitting into two identical new cells?
100
This is what the cell cycle refers to
What is the life cycle of a cell?
100
This is the definition of mitosis
What is cells dividing to make new cells?
100
This is the basic definition for cancer
What is mitosis that is out of control?
100
This is the definition of asexual reproduction
What is reproduction with only one individual?
200
Cytokinesis
What is the splitting of cytoplasm after mitosis?
200
Cells spend most of their lives in this phase of the cell cycle
What is interphase?
200
This is the phase of mitosis where chromosomes line up down the middle
What is metaphase?
200
This is the type of tumor that stays in one place in the body.
What is benign tumor?
200
This is an advantage of asexual reproduction
What is many offspring can be produced quickly and no mate is required?
300
This is the name for the X-shaped DNA material that is replicated then pulled apart during mitosis. Humans have 23 pairs of these.
What are chromosomes?
300
Mitosis is the process that allows our body to make more cells. These are the reasons for that process.
What are growth/development and healing injured or worn out cells?
300
This is prophase
What is when the chromosomes condense into X shapes?
300
This is the type of tumor that can spread throughout the body, making treatment much more difficult.
What is a malignant tumor?
300
This is a disadvantages of asexual reproduction
What is all offspring are clones making them susceptible to changes in the environment?
400
Tissues
What is groups of similar cells that work together to perform specific functions in the body?
400
Part of interphase is the "S Phase". This is what is happening in the cell during this time.
What is DNA is duplicating?
400
This is anaphase
What is when chromosomes pull apart?
400
Cancer treatments work by targeting cells going through mitosis frequently. Explain why this is both an advantage and a disadvantage for the patient.
What is many healthy cells in the body go through mitosis frequently so they get killed/damaged by the cancer treatment along with the cancer cells. This causes a lot of side effects.
400
Pluripotent and multipotent stem cells have different advantages and disadvantages. These are
What is pluripotent cells can turn into any other type of cell but they are much more difficult to come by due to governmental regulations whereas multipotent can be take from an adult but can only be used in as specific type of tissue?
500
Metastasize
What is when cells of a malignant tumor spread to another part of the body?
500
During interphase, cells are working hard. This is a list and description of the different tasks cells are doing.
What is producing ATP in the mitochondria, plant cells are producing glucose in the chloroplasts, nucleus is sending out orders to make protein, the DNA is duplicating, etc.
500
This is the difference between Telophase and Cytokinesis
What is telophase is when there are two separate nuclei and cytokinesis is when the cytoplasm splits and two new cells are complete?
500
This is the reason that cancer is so difficult to treat and why there is no one cure for the disease.
What is every type of cancer is unique and genetically different from other types of cancers so there must be many treatments for the many types of cancers?
500
This is why stem cell research is controversial and this is why much of the controversy is misunderstood.
What is pluripotent stem cells can only come from embryos which many people have ethical objections to. Those embryos will otherwise be disposed of so they could at least be put to some scientific use.
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