Cancer
Checkpoints
Mitosis 1
DNA
Trivia
100

What causes cancer?

What is unregulated cell division?
100

What are the checkpoints? List all of them.  

G1, G2, M

100
Explain what type of cells go through mitosis.

What are somatic cells?

100

How many chromosomes do humans have?

What are 46?

100

Who made this jeopardy?

Who is Ainsley?

200

What are some you can lower your risk of developing cancer? Name two. 

What is not smoking, drinking water, eating healthy foods, and wearing sunscreen (skin cancer)?

200

Explain the G1 checkpoint.

What is the most important checkpoint that checks for cell size, growth factors, and DNA damage.

200

What are the three phases of interphase.

G1 phase, S phase, G2 phase.

200

Explain genetic mutations.

What is genetic mutations are an error in the DNA?

200

Whats going to be Ms. Cribbs new last name?

What is Hartzell?

300

How often do cancer cells decide?

What is indefinitely?

300

Explain the G2 checkpoint.

What is the checkpoint that checks for the completion of DNA Replication.

300

What are the four phases of mitosis. Put them in order. 

Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telophase.

300

Explain what a centromere is. 

What is the thing area where two sister chromatids are closely attatched (the middle).

300

What month is Leo's birthday in? (two potential answers)

When is August/September?

400

True or False? Explain why. 

Benign tumors can leave the tumor site.


What is False? Benign tumors do not leave the tumor site as they are abnormal, but not cancerous yet. 

400

Explain the M checkpoint. 

What is checks for microtube attachment to chromosomes are metaphase. At the transition from metaphase to anaphase.

400

Explain G0.

What is a non-dividing state where cells try and repair themselves. Some cells never come out of it (muscle/nerve) and some are called back into the cell cycle.

400

Explain what a chromatin is. 

What are the non condensed form of nuclesosomes? 

400

What college did Ms Cribb go to?

Where is Clemson?

500

How do cancer cells avoid cell cycle checkpoints?

What is cancer cells evade checkpoints by displaying ligands of immune checkpoint molecules?

500

Explain what happens if they fail at a checkpoint. Choose any checkpoint. 

What is

G1- Goes to G0 phase

G2- Apoptosis, programed cell death

M- will pause mitosis to allow for the spindles to finish attaching. 

500

Explain cytokinesis.

What is division of the cytoplasm. It forms a cleavage furrow for animals.

500

Explain what a genome is.

What is all of the cells genetic information?

500

When was Ms Cribb teacher of the Month? What trait was it for?

What is Febuary 2025, kindness and compassion?