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Science Gr. 10 - Cells Flashcards

1
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What happens during G1 in Interphase?

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Cell growth, protein synthesis, organelles duplicate

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What happens during S in Interphase

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DNA replication

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What happens during G2 in Interphase

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DNA is checked for errors and prepares for cell division

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What is the order of Mitosis?

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Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase

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What happens after Telophase

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Cytokinesis

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What happens during prophase? Get at least one right.

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Chromatin condense into chromosomes and centrioles (centrosomes) go to the opposite sides of the nucleus.

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What happens during metaphase?

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What happens during anaphase?

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What happens during telophase

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10
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What is Apoptosis?

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When a cell self destructs (programmed, because it is not useful)

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What is Necrosis?

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Premature death of cell

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12
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True or false: Is cancer caused by cells that should have died dividing uncontrollably?

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True

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Cancer is caused by what?

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Cells that should’ve died (due to changes of DNA) dividing uncontrollably.

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14
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Where is DNA found?

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In the nucleus

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15
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What is the structure of DNA?

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Double-stranded helix

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16
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True or false: DNA is a polynucleotide (a molecule composed of a chain of nucleotides)?

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True

17
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What does a nucleotide consists of?

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Nitrogen base, a sugar, and a phosphate

18
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What is a nucleotide?

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Basic building block of nucleic acids

19
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What is a sugar? (For DNA)

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deoxyribose

20
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What are examples of nitrogen bases?

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Adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosines

21
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True or false:
Can adenine pair with guaine?

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False adenine can only pair with thymine

22
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Who was part of the process of discovering the DNA structure?

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James Watson, Francis Crick, Rosalinds Franklin

23
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Are the two DNA molecules identical to each other?

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Yes

24
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Does DNA molecule unzips?

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Yes

25
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Is one half of the DNA reversed?

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Yes

26
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True or false: The DNA is not in the form of chromatin

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False, it is.

27
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What is a segment of DNA called?

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a gene

28
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Genes do not determine the characteristics of an organism?

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No, they do.

29
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How many genes does a human have?

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~20 000

30
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Is sickle cell anemia a harmful example of mutation?

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Yes

31
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True or false: Each cell has different DNA

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False, each cell has the same DNA but some parts are turned on or off.

32
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How do cells determine their function?

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By their shape and structure

33
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What are stem cells?

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Cells with potential to develop into many different types of cells in body

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