Unit 5 Mini-Jeopardy!

Cell Cycle

100

In a tissue sample more than 50% of cells would be expected to be in this phase of the cell cycle

What is interphase?

200

Chromosomes are aligned along the midline of the cell

What is metaphase?

300

Sister chromatids are separated during this phase of mitosis 

What is anaphase?

400

Spindle fibers are beginning to form & chromosomes are visible during this phase of mitosis

What is prophase?

500

DNA uncoils and the nuclear membrane & nucleolus reappear during this phase of mitosis

What is telophase?

Vocab

100

Found on chromosomes, these structures hold sister chromatids together

What are centrioles?

200

Nuclear division 

What is mitosis?

300

Used to perform cytokinesis in animal cells

What is a contractile ring?

400

A noncancerous slow growing tumor 

What is a benign tumor?

500

The invasion of cancerous cells into nearby tissue and the spreading to different parts of the body 

What is metastasis? 

Cancer

100

Uses drugs to target and destroy cancer cells

What is chemotherapy?

200

A cancerous tumor 

What is a malignant tumor?

300

A cancer treatment option that depends largely on the size and location of the tumor/s

What is surgery?

400

Healthy cells are able to repair their DNA from this type of damage unlike cancer cells

What is radiation?

500

Cancer cells do not go through this process when they are unhealthy 

What is apoptosis?