Vocab

Question 1

Cell cycle

Answer 1

highly regulated series of events to control cell development & reproduction

Question 2

What are the 4 stages of the cell cycle?

Answer 2

G1, S, G2, M

Question 3

Cancer

Answer 3

disorder in which cells don’t respond to normal cell cycle regulations due to mutations in regulatory genes

Question 4

which stages of the cell cycle make up interphase?

Answer 4

G1, S, G2

Question 5

chromosomes

Answer 5

tightly coiled DNA molecules

Question 6

What are the 4 stages of mitosis ?

Answer 6

prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

Question 7

histones

Answer 7

proteins that help pack the DNA into the nucleus

Question 8

diploid cells

Answer 8

contains 2 sets of chromosomes

Question 9

haploid cells

Answer 9

contains 1 set of chromosomes

Question 10

Gamete

Answer 10

sex cells produced by meiosis

Question 11

tumors

Answer 11

mutations cause cells to divide uncontrollably

Question 12

benign tumors

Answer 12

not cancerous

Question 13

malignant

Answer 13

cancerous because they have spread to other tissues, which is metastasis

Question 14

somatic cells

Answer 14

produced by mitosis

Question 15

homologous chromosomes

Answer 15

pair up to make tetrads, during prophase 1

Question 16

crossing-over

Answer 16

occurs when homologs exchange portions of chromatids

Question 17

independent assortment

Answer 17

homolog pairs up line up & separate randomly without influencing other pairs

Question 18

What happens in Meiosis I

Answer 18

Homologous chromosomes pair up making tetrads in prophase I and crossing over