Chapter 08 - Cellular Reproduction

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Chapter 08
Cellular Reproduction

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cancer can best be described as

A. cells from one organ invading another.
B. cells which divide too slowly.
C. cells which can no longer divide.
D. uncontrolled cell division.
E. foreign cells attacking an organ.

Cancer is uncontrolled cell division. Uncontrolled growth leading to a tumor is characteristic of multicellular cell dividing
organisms.

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Learning Outcome: 08.06.01 Describe the characteristics of cancer cells.
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2. Cancerous cells can be properly said

A. to travel from the site of their formation.
B. to become specialized.
C. to divide in a controlled fashion.
D. to avoid interfering with other cells.
E. to be driven by normal genetics.

When a cell becomes cancerous, it loses its specialization and becomes youthful again—it starts to divide and divide, until a
tumor exists. The tumor interferes with the operation of the organ. Cancers of the blood have abnormal cells coursing through
the bloodstream. When cell division genes mutate, uncontrolled division so characteristic of cancer becomes possible.
Therefore, cancer is a genetic disorder.

Blooms Level: 4. Analyze

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.06.01 Describe the characteristics of cancer cells.
Learning Outcome: 08.06.02 Relate the characteristics of cancer cells to a cell cycle out of control.
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3. Which of these reasons for cell divison goes beyond the normal requirements for it?
A. to make new immune cells when the organism is sick
B. to replace old cells
C. to make extra copies of DNA to store for later use
D. to make new cells as the organism grows
E. to repair damaged tissue

Making extra copies of DNA is rarely, if ever, a purpose of cell division.

Blooms Level: 4. Analyze

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.01.01 Recognize the importance of cellular reproduction and the cell cycle.
Section: 08.01
Section: 08.04
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

4. What is the proper order of events in the cell cycle?

A. G1, G2, M, S
B. G1, G2, S, M
C. M, G1, G2, S
D. G1, S, G2, M
E. G1, M, G2, S

In the cell cycle, interphase (G1, S, G2 stages) precedes the M stage (mitosis and cytokinesis).

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.01.02 List and describe the stages of the cell cycle.
Section: 08.01
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

5. A cell spends most of its time in which of the following phases?

A. G1
B. S
C. G2
D. Interphase
E. Mitosis

For most of the cell cycle, the cell is in interphase, defined as the period of time between cell divisions.

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Learning Outcome: 08.01.02 List and describe the stages of the cell cycle.
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6. This figure shows the cell cycle. What does "e" represent?
A. Interphase
B. G1
C. S
D. Cytokinesis
E. Mitosis

Refer to Figure 8.2A and discussion of the cell cycle on page 145. Cytokinesis is the last step of the cell cycle.

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7. This figure shows the cell cycle. What does "c" represent?
A. Mitosis
B. Cytokinesis
C. G1
D. Interphase
E. S

Refer to Figure 8.2A and discussion of the cell cycle on page 145.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.01.02 List and describe the stages of the cell cycle.
Section: 08.01
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

8. While observing some cells, a scientist sees the organelles double in one cell. That cell is in
what phase of the cell cycle?
A. S
B. G0
C. G1
D. Cytokinesis
E. Mitosis

As soon as a cell makes a commitment to divide, during G1 it increases in size, doubles its organelles (such as mitochondria
and ribosomes), and accumulates molecules that will be used for DNA synthesis.

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.01.02 List and describe the stages of the cell cycle.
Section: 08.01
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

9. In the cell cycle the "S" stands for

A. synapsis.
B. sexual.
C. synthesis.
D. somatic.
E. sister.

The “S” stands for synthesis, and certainly DNA synthesis occurs as DNA replicates.

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Learning Outcome: 08.01.02 List and describe the stages of the cell cycle.
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10. What material is seen when examining a chromosome in its relaxed form?
A. chromatin
B. chromatids
C. centromeres
D. centrosomes
E. cytokinesis

Relaxed chromosomes have a diffuse appearance, and the material seen is called chromatin.

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.01.02 List and describe the stages of the cell cycle.
Section: 08.01
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

11. If a diploid parent cell undergoes mitosis, then afterwards there will be
A. four haploid daughter cells
B. two haploid daughter cells
C. two diploid daughter cells
D. one haploid daughter cell and one diploid daughter cell
E. four diploid daughter cells

Following mitosis, daughter cells have the same chromosome count as the parent cell.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.02.01 Describe how mitosis results in daugther cells that are genetically identical to the parent cell.
Section: 08.02
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

12. If the total number of chromosomes in parent cell is six, then after mitosis there will be
A. three chromosomes in each daughter cell
B. three chromosomes in one daughter cell and six chromosomes in the other cell
C. six chromosomes in each daughter cell
D. two chromosomes in each daughter cell, one from each parent
E. 12 chromosomes in each daughter cell

Following mitosis, daughter cells have the same chromosome count as the parent cell.

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Blooms Level: 3. Apply
Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.02.01 Describe how mitosis results in daugther cells that are genetically identical to the parent cell.
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Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

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13. Which option associates a type of animal cell with the genetic condition of another kind of
animal cell?
A. somatic cells-diploid
B. somatic cells-haploid
C. somatic cells-triploid
D. gamete cells-haploid
E. gamete cells-triploid

In animals, gametes are haploid, and somatic cells are diploid.

Blooms Level: 4. Analyze

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.02.01 Describe how mitosis results in daugther cells that are genetically identical to the parent cell.
Section: 08.02
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

14. If an animal leg cell has 50 chromosomes, then what is haploid number of this species?
A. 25 chromosomes
B. 100 chromosomes
C. 50 chromosomes
D. 50 pairs of chromosomes
E. 25 pairs of chromosomes

Animal cells are diploid (2n), so the haploid (1n) number would be half that number.

Blooms Level: 3. Apply

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.02.01 Describe how mitosis results in daugther cells that are genetically identical to the parent cell.
Section: 08.02
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

15. During _______________, the nuclear envelope disappears, and the chromosomes
become distinct.
A. telophase
B. prophase
C. interphase
D. metaphase
E. anaphase

During prophase, chromatin is condensing into visible chromosomes, and the nuclear envelope is fragmenting.

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Learning Outcome: 08.03.01 Describe and contrast the events in each phase during mitosis.
Section: 08.03
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

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16. Which sequence in the cell cycle is correct?

A. prophase, metaphase, interphase, telophase
B. metaphase, anaphase, prophase, telophase
C. anaphase, interphase, telophase, prophase
D. prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
E. interphase, metaphase, prophase, anaphase

In mitosis, prophase comes first, and telophase comes last.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.03.01 Describe and contrast the events in each phase during mitosis.
Section: 08.03
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

17. In mitosis, the chromosomes line up on the equator of the cell during
A. prophase
B. telophase
C. anaphase
D. interphase
E. metaphase

During metaphase, chromosomes align at the equator of the cell.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.03.01 Describe and contrast the events in each phase during mitosis.
Section: 08.03
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

18. If you observed the sister chromatids separating during cell division, what phase of
mitosis would you be observing?
A. metaphase
B. cytokinesis
C. telophase
D. anaphase
E. prophase

During anaphase, sister chromatids separate and become chromosomes.

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

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Learning Outcome: 08.03.01 Describe and contrast the events in each phase during mitosis.
Section: 08.03
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19. In plants, cytokinesis occurs with the formation of:

A. a cell plate
B. a set of asters and centrioles
C. a cleavage furrow in the cell wall
D. a cleavage furrow in the cytoplasm
E. a cleavage furrow in the nuclear membrane

In plant cells, cytokinesis involves the formation of a new plasma membrane and cell wall at a cell plate.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.04.01 Contrast cytokinesis in an animal cell and a plant cell.
Section: 08.04
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

20. What is the significance of the G1 check point?

A. If the cell doesn't pass the G1 checkpoint, it will become cancer.
B. If the cell doesn't pass the G1 checkpoint, it is committed to divide.
C. If the cell passes the G1 checkpoint, it is committed to divide.
D. If the cell doesn't pass the G1 checkpoint it will specialize
E. If the cell passes the G1 checkpoint, it will become cancer.

The G1 checkpoint is especially significant, because if the cell cycle passes this checkpoint, the cell is committed to divide.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.05.01 Explain how various checkpoints control the cell cycle.
Section: 08.05
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

21. What is the term for programmed cell death?

A. angiogenesis
B. nondisjunction
C. metastasis
D. apoptosis
E. cytokinesis

At the G1 checkpoing, if DNA is damaged and repair is not possible, apoptosis (programmed cell death) occurs.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

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Learning Outcome: 08.05.02 Describe the role of apoptosis in cells.
Section: 08.05
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

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22. Molecules which stimulate or inhibit cell division are referred to as what?
A. control molecules
B. signaling molecules
C. contact molecules
D. transduction molecules
E. checkpoint molecules

Signaling molecules prompt cells to do various things, such as to divide.

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.05.01 Explain how various checkpoints control the cell cycle.
Section: 08.05
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

23. Which sentence is true of most non-cancer cells, rather than of cancer cells?
A. They undergo metastasis and promote angiogenesis
B. They lack differentiation
C. They are specialized
D. They have abnormal nuclei
E. They can form tumors

Cancer cells have abnormal characteristics: lack differentiation, have abnormal nuclei, form tumors, undergo metastasis
(formation of tumors distant from primary tumor), and promote angiogenesis (formation of new blood vessels).

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.06.01 Describe the characteristics of cancer cells.
Section: 08.06
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

True / False Questions

24. The formation of new blood cells within a tumor is referred to as carcinogenesis.
FALSE

Carcinogenesis is the development of cancer. Angiogenesis is the formation of new blood vessels.

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Learning Outcome: 08.06.01 Describe the characteristics of cancer cells.
Section: 08.06
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

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Multiple Choice Questions

25. During which stage do homologous chromosomes move away from each other?
A. metaphase II
B. anaphase II
C. anaphase I
D. metaphase I
E. prophase

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.06.01 Describe the characteristics of cancer cells.
Section: 08.06
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

True / False Questions

26. Mitosis corresponds with the S phase of the cell cycle.

FALSE

Mitosis corresponds with the M phase of the cell cycle.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.01.02 List and describe the stages of the cell cycle.
Section: 08.01
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

Multiple Choice Questions

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27. What is the value of the checkpoints in the cell cycle?

A. They prevent cells from advancing in the cell cycle until ready to complete the next stage.
B. They ensure a balanced number of cells throughout the body.
C. They aid in cell-cell communication.
D. They allow cells to be pigmented.
E. They allow the nuclear envelope to be a double membrane.

Cell cycle checkpoints assure that everything has been completed/prepared in one stage before the next stage can begin.

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.05.01 Explain how various checkpoints control the cell cycle.
Section: 08.05
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

True / False Questions

28. Animal cells and plant cells use different mechanisms of cytokinesis.
TRUE

Animal cells pinch apart, while plant cells form a cell plate, during cytokinesis.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.04.01 Contrast cytokinesis in an animal cell and a plant cell.
Section: 08.04
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

29. The spindle has not changed significantly during the evolution of eukaryotic organisms.
FALSE

The spindle has changed during evolution, particularly with regard to interaction with the nuclear envelope.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.02.02 Summarize the role of the spindle in cell division.
Section: 08.02
Section: 08A
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

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30. During anaphase, the chromosomes are lining up together.

FALSE

During anaphase, chromosomes separate.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.01.02 List and describe the stages of the cell cycle.
Section: 08.01
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

31. A scientist studying two daughter cells resulting from mitosis will find them to be
genetically identical.
TRUE

Mitosis produces genetically identical daughter cells.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.02.01 Describe how mitosis results in daugther cells that are genetically identical to the parent cell.
Section: 08.02
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

Multiple Choice Questions

32. A plant cell with four copies of every chromosome would produce daughter cells
containing
A. four copies of every chromosome.
B. two copies of every chromosome.
C. two copies of some chromosomes.
D. one copy of every chromosome.
E. four copies of some chromosomes.

Mitosis produces daughter cells which are genetically identical to the mother cell.

Blooms Level: 4. Analyze

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.02.01 Describe how mitosis results in daugther cells that are genetically identical to the parent cell.
Section: 08.02
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

True / False Questions

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33. Cancer cells result from the mutation of the DNA in non-cancerous cells.
TRUE

Cancer cells have altered DNA, which leads to their non-normal identity and behavior.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.06.01 Describe the characteristics of cancer cells.
Section: 08.06
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

Multiple Choice Questions

34. If a cell is seen to be in telophase, what immediately preceded this?

A. prophase
B. G1
C. anaphase
D. M
E. metaphase

In mitosis, anaphase precedes telophase.

Blooms Level: 4. Analyze

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.03.01 Describe and contrast the events in each phase during mitosis.
Section: 08.03
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

35. Due to the changes in cancer cells, they have abnormal subcellular organelles called
A. nuclei.
B. mitochondria.
C. ribosomes.
D. peroxisomes.
E. lysosomes.

Cancer cells generally have abnormally shaped nuclei.

Blooms Level: 4. Analyze

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Learning Outcome: 08.06.01 Describe the characteristics of cancer cells.
Section: 08.06
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

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True / False Questions

36. The formation of cancers often involve angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels.
TRUE

Cancers are often vascularized.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.06.01 Describe the characteristics of cancer cells.
Section: 08.06
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

Multiple Choice Questions

37. The first phase of mitosis is called

A. prophase.
B. metaphase.
C. anaphase.
D. telophase.
E. interphase.

The start of mitosis is called prophase.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.03.01 Describe and contrast the events in each phase during mitosis.
Section: 08.03
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

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38. During the S phase of the cell cycle, the cell does what?
A. sort chromosomes
B. synthesize DNA
C. segregate organelles
D. synthesize RNA
E. separate ribosomes

S phase principally involves DNA synthesis.

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

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Learning Outcome: 08.01.02 List and describe the stages of the cell cycle.
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Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

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True / False Questions

39. Smoking raises the smoker's risk of contracting cancer.

TRUE

Smoking cigarettes is a major risk factor for certain cancers, especially lung cancer.

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.06.01 Describe the characteristics of cancer cells.
Section: 08C
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

Multiple Choice Questions

40. Which of the following would decrease one's risk of getting cancer?
A. increased exposure to radiation
B. increased consumption of antioxidants
C. increased frequency of smoking
D. increased body weight
E. increased comsumption of alcohol

Antioxidant molecules, such as the pigments in plant foods, help reduce the risk of cancer.

Blooms Level: 4. Analyze

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.06.01 Describe the characteristics of cancer cells.
Section: 08C
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

True / False Questions

41. When cancer has spread beyond its original location, it is said to have metastasized.
TRUE

Metastasis represents a more dangerous advance in the progress of a cancer, as the cancer expands beyond its original
location.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.06.01 Describe the characteristics of cancer cells.
Section: 08.06
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

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Multiple Choice Questions

42. When observing an animal cell in telophase, you would expect to observe the formation of
a(n)
A. cleavage furrow.
B. cell plate.
C. spindle.
D. interphase junction.
E. anaphase plate.

Animal cells divide physically by pinching in the center, with that structure being called a cleavage furrow.

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.04.01 Contrast cytokinesis in an animal cell and a plant cell.
Section: 08.04
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

43. The new chromosomes which separate after metaphase are known as
A. sibling chromosomes.
B. daughter chromosomes.
C. artificial chromosomes.
D. homologous chromosomes.
E. copied chromosomes.

The new chromosomes which separate after metaphase are daughter chromosomes.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.03.01 Describe and contrast the events in each phase during mitosis.
Section: 08.03
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

True / False Questions

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44. A cell which has passed the G1 checkpoint is committed to synthesizing DNA.
TRUE

Passing the G1 checkpoint commits a cell to divide.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.05.01 Explain how various checkpoints control the cell cycle.
Section: 08.05
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

Multiple Choice Questions

45. A scientist observes a cell which is stopped at the M checkpoint for an unusually long
time. The scientist should guess that
A. a problem has occurred with chromosome distribution.
B. the cell hasn't finished synthesizing DNA.
C. chromatin has not condensed yet.
D. organelles are blocking spindle formation.
E. there are not enough microtubules.

The M checkpoint involves a cell making sure of equal distribution of daughter chromosomes.

Blooms Level: 4. Analyze

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.05.01 Explain how various checkpoints control the cell cycle.
Section: 08.05
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

True / False Questions

46. A cell which has been irreparably damaged DNA would be eliminated by apoptosis.
TRUE

Apoptosis, programmed cell death, deliberately eliminates a range of cells which are no longer needed or which are no longer
functional.

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.05.02 Describe the role of apoptosis in cells.
Section: 08.05
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

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Multiple Choice Questions

47. When you get a sunburn as the result of absorbing too much solar radiation, badly
damaged cells can be eliminated by
A. interphase.
B. apoptosis.
C. spindle formation.
D. sloughing off.
E. immune reactions.

Badly damaged cells can be destroyed by programmed cell death, apoptosis.

Blooms Level: 3. Apply

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.05.02 Describe the role of apoptosis in cells.
Section: 08.05
Section: 08C
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

True / False Questions

48. G0 falls between S and M phases of the cell cycle.

FALSE

Cells in G0 have left the cell cyle and its various stages.

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.01.02 List and describe the stages of the cell cycle.
Section: 08.01
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

Multiple Choice Questions

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49. Observing a tumor in a lab rat, you observe a large mass of cancerous cells. This should
be called a(n)
A. tumor.
B. metastatic mass.
C. growth.
D. cancer bundle.
E. anomalous body.

Cancer cells grow, divide, and form tumors.

Blooms Level: 3. Apply

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.06.01 Describe the characteristics of cancer cells.
Learning Outcome: 08.06.02 Relate the characteristics of cancer cells to a cell cycle out of control.
Section: 08.06
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

True / False Questions

50. It is possible to reprogram adult cells, such as epidermal cells, to produce stem cells for
therapeutic uses.
TRUE

Epidermal cells can be reprogrammed to form stem cells.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 08.01.02 List and describe the stages of the cell cycle.
Learning Outcome: 08.05.01 Explain how various checkpoints control the cell cycle.
Section: 08.01
Section: 08.05
Section: 08B
Topic: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

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