DNA is packed into bundles known as _____________.
What are chromosomes?
100
List the steps of cell division in the correct order.
What is interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, and cytokinesis?
100
Cancer cells form masses of cells called __________.
What are tumors?
100
What are the two main types of stem cells?
What are embryonic and adult stem cells?
200
The process by which a cell divides into two new cells is called _____________.
What is cell division/ mitosis?
200
The first phase of mitosis is called ____________.
What is prophase?
200
Which of the following is a phase of mitosis?
Cytokinesis
Interphase
Prophase
S phase
What is Prophase?
200
In eukaryotic cells, the timing of the cell cycle is controlled by _____________. (a regulatory protein)
What are cyclins?
200
As cells develop, all cells are identical. Later on, they become specialized for a certain role through a process called ______________.
What is differentiation?
300
The name given to the two new cells that are formed after cell division.
What are daughter cells?
300
During which phase of the cell cycle does mitosis happen?
What is M phase?
300
During which phase of mitosis do the chromosomes line up across the middle of the cell?
What is metaphase?
300
Cancer is a disorder in which cells have lost their ability to control their ____________.
What is growth rate?
300
Why are stem cells important?
What is they have the potential to develop into other cell types?
400
As cells get larger, they have trouble _______________.
What is moving materials across the cell and membrane?
400
Which of these correctly matches the stage with what happens?
G1 = DNA replication
G2 = preparation for mitosis
S phase = cell division
M phase = cell growth
What is G2 = preparation for mitosis
400
The role of spindle fibers during mitosis.
What is to help separate the chromosomes?
400
The name for "programmed cell death".
What is apoptosis?
400
This is a term given to cells that have the ability to become ANY type of cell in the human body.
What is totipotent?
500
Compared to asexual reproduction, sexual reproduction produces offspring that are ______________.
What is genetically diverse?
500
Put these structures in order from SMALLEST to LARGEST.
Chromosome, supercoil, nucleosome, double helix
What is Double helix --> Nucleosome --> Supercoil --> Chromosome
500
In plant cells, this is formed between the two new cells during cytokinesis.
What is the cell plate?
500
List the three cancer treatment methods that were discussed in class.
What is surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy?
500
After about four days of development, a human embryo forms into a ____________.