Cell cycle and mitosis

Question 1

the two reasons why cells have to divide

Answer 1

DNA overload
Growth and repair

Question 2

DNA overload

Answer 2

When the cell becomes too big, DNA can’t keep up

Question 3

Stages of cell division

Answer 3

Interphase and mitosis

Question 4

Cell cycle

Answer 4

The process cells go through each time they divide

Question 5

Where do cells spend most of their lifetime?

Answer 5

Interphase

Question 6

Four stages of mitosis

Answer 6

Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

Question 7

Name of proteins that regulate the cell cycle

Answer 7

cyclins

Question 8

cancer definition

Answer 8

when cells divide uncontrollably and spread into nearby tissue

Question 9

What are the 2 types of tumors

Answer 9

benign and malignant

Question 10

what causes cancer?

Answer 10

Defects in genes that regulate cell growth and division

Question 11

3 ways to treat cancer

Answer 11

surgery, radiation, chemotherapy

Question 12

Apoptosis

Answer 12

The death of cells

Question 13

how many chromosomes are in human body cells

Answer 13

46

Question 14

anaphase

Answer 14

chromosomes separate and move to opposite sides of the cell

Question 15

telophase

Answer 15

chromosomes begin to spread out into a tangle of chromatin