Cell Cycle
Mitosis
DNA Structure
Cancer
Mystery
100
The percent of time that a cell spends in the division phase .
What is 10%?
100
The stage of mitosis during which the chromosomes line up in the center of the cell.
What is metaphase?
100
The twisted ladder of DNA.
What is a helix?
100
A substance that is associated with causing cancer.
What is a carcinogen?
100
The type of fruit you at yesterday.
What is a persimmon?
200
The phase in which DNA duplicates.
What is S phase?
200
The first stage during which, the chromosomes are visible.
What is prophase?
200
The complementary strand to: ATGGCAT
What is TACCGTA?
200
Three examples of carcinogens.
What are nitrates, parabens, phalates, BPA...?
200
A site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up.
What is a superfund site?
300
The number of cells you would expect to be in the mitotic phase if you were observing 750 onion root tip cells under a microscope.
What is 75?
300
The phase during which, the nuclear envelope begins to disappear.
What is prophase?
300
The number of cytosines in a 200 base pair DNA strand in which there are 86 guanines.
What is 86?
300
The definition of mutation.
What is a permanent change in DNA sequence?
300
The development of commercial enterprise, which often results in significant environmental and health impacts on the local communities.
What is industrialization?
400
If a cell had 46 chromosomes during G1 phase, this would be the number of chromosomes the cell contained during G2 phase.
What is 92?
400
The purpose of mitosis.
What is to create two new identical daughter cells?
400
The number of cytosines in a 200 base pair DNA strand in which there are 86 thymines.
What is 114?
400
Three examples of infectious diseases?
What are anything cause by virus, bacteria or parasites?
400
The placement of low-income or minority communities in proximity of environmentally hazardous or degraded environments, such as toxic waste, pollution and urban decay.
What is environmental racism?
500
An example of a cell that would spend a significant amount of time in G0 phase.
What is brain, liver, ...?
500
The result of uncontrolled mitosis.
What is cancer?
500
Duplicated pieces of DNA.
What are sister chromatids?
500
Three examples of non-infectious diseases.
What are cancer, diabetes, and ....?
500
The name of chemicals that help reduce cancer risk.
What are antioxidants?