In which stage of the cell cycle do the nucleus and its contents divide?
What is Mitosis?
(Cytokinesis is also correct)
100
What do the processes of mitosis and cytokinesis produce?
What are two identical daughter cells?
100
What are proteins that bind to cells and stimulate cell division called?
What are growth factors?
100
What is the most common form of reproduction among prokaryotes?
What is binary fission?
100
Using arrows, show the sequence of progression from least complex structure to most complex structure for the following terms: Organ, Cell, Organ System, and Tissue.
What is "cell → tissue → organ → organ system"?
200
During the Gap 1 stage of the cell cycle, what does a cell do?
What is "carries out its normal functions"?
200
The process of organizing and condensing DNA into its compact form takes place during which phase of the cell cycle?
What is Mitosis (or Prophase)?
200
What is the term for the programmed death of cells?
What is apoptosis?
200
What is the main difference between binary fission and mitosis?
What is binary fission only occurs in single-celled organisms?
200
What is the definition of an organ system?
What is "groups of organs that work together"?
300
What happens during cytokinesis?
What is division of the cytoplasm?
300
Which is the group of proteins that organizes and condenses long strands of DNA into tight coils?
What are histones?
300
What are two internal factors that are important in advancing the cell cycle?
What are kinases and cyclins?
300
Which type of reproduction produces genetically identical offspring?
What is it asexual reproduction?
300
Which of the following is a direct result of a normal cell’s ability to express only certain genes? a. Cells can become totipotent.
b. Cells can grow and reproduce.
c. Cells can mutate and adapt.
d. Cells can differentiate and specialize.
What is "d. Cells can differentiate and specialize."?
400
What is the rate of cell division in eukaryotes?
What is "the rates vary deeply within an organism"?
400
During which phase of mitosis do sister chromatids separate from each other?
What is anaphase?
400
What happens when there is uncontrolled cell growth?
What is cancer?
400
Starfish that reproduce by splitting into pieces is an example of what type of asexual reproduction?
What is fragmentation?
400
Why are stem cells so important to multicellular organisms?
What is because of "their capacity to differentiate" into any other cell?
500
What is a limiting factor of the maximum size of a cell?
What is "the ratio of cell surface area to volume"?
500
Which of the phases of cell division completes the cell cycle?
What is cytokinesis?
500
What are substances known to produce or promote cancer called?
What are carcinogens?
500
Vegetative reproduction, budding, and fragmentation are examples of what?
What is asexual mitotic reproduction?
500
Which type of stem cell can grow into any other cell type?