Lesson 1
Which type of cancer is most commonly diagnosed?
Female breast cancer
Which two phases does the cell spend adding nutrients, proteins, and chromosomes?
G1 and G2
Which of the three versions of p53 worked: a, b, or c?
p53a
Which type of cancer is most lethal?
Lung and Bronchus cancer
During which stage of the cell cycle does the cell duplicate its DNA?
S phase
What are the ONLY two correct base pairings in DNA (aka letter pairings)?
A-T
C-G
What is the correlation between age and cancer?
Older people are more likely to get cancer
What is the name of the mutation we observed in the simulation?
Substitution
What is the gene that protects animals from getting cancer?
How do tumors cause illness?
Tumors disrupt the normal functions of the body
Why do taller people have higher rates of cancer?
Taller people have more cells, which lead to more mutations.
Large animals rarely get cancer. What protects them from getting cancer?
How are cancer cells different from non-cancer cells?
They have a mutation in their chromosomes
Why do older people have higher rates of cancer?
Their cells have divided more, which leads to more mutations.