Inheritance And Variation Of Traits (Mitosis)

Question 1

Alleles

Answer 1

Genes in chromosomes

Question 2

Homologous

Answer 2

Chromosomes: Same shape and gene spot but not same alleles

Question 3

Microtubules

Answer 3

Make up spindle fibers

Question 4

Checkpoints

Answer 4

G1, G2, Mitosis to ensure proper division

Question 5

Mutated/Mutation

Answer 5

A change

Question 6

Regulation

Answer 6

To maintain normal/consistent

Question 7

Binary Fission

Answer 7

Cell division in prokaryotes

Question 8

Prokaryote

Answer 8

A single celled organism that has no nucleus

Question 9

Autosomes/Body chromosomes

Answer 9

First 22 pairs (44 chromosomes in total)

Question 10

Sex chromosomes

Answer 10

Last pair of chromosomes (2 in total)

Question 11

Metabolic

Answer 11

All chemical reactions in body

Question 12

Eukaryote

Answer 12

Has a nucleus and membrane bound organelles

Question 13

Nucleolus

Answer 13

Located in nucleus and makes/synthesizes ribosomes

Question 14

Plant cell

Answer 14

Cell wall and chloroplast

Question 15

Cell plate

Answer 15

Forms in plants where a cleavage furrow would be in an animal cell

Question 16

p53

Answer 16

Guardian of the genome (regulates the cell cycle)

Question 17

BRCA-1

Answer 17

Breast cancer gene

Question 18

Cancer

Answer 18

Disease of mutation in mitosis

Question 19

Transformed

Answer 19

Changed

Question 20

Gene

Answer 20

Part of the genome that codes for a specific protein or trait

Question 21

Benign

Answer 21

Tumor cells that are at original site and usually non-cancerous

Question 22

Malignant

Answer 22

Tumor that spreads

Question 23

Metastasis

Answer 23

Spreading

Question 24

Chemotherapy

Answer 24

Drugs that are designed to kill cancer but also kill good cells

Question 25

Radiation

Answer 25

Type of treatment (for cancer)

Question 26

Nucleotides

Answer 26

Monomer or nucleic acids

Question 27

Apoptosis

Answer 27

Programmed death