Download Cell Cycle Analysis Questions

Cell Cycle Analysis Questions
1. What 2 things does cell division (mitosis) do for multicellular organisms?
2. What is the cell cycle? How many stages are there? Name the stages.
3. What is interphase? Roughly how much of the cell’s life cycle will be spent in
interphase?
4. During what part of interphase is DNA replicated (or synthesized)?
5. What is the mitotic phase? Roughly how much of the cell’s life cycle will be spent in the
mitotic phase?
6. What is cytokinesis?
7. What is the end result of mitosis? How does this compare to the end result of meiosis?
Cancer Reading Analysis Questions
1.
What is cancer?
2.
What is a tumor? Name and describe the two types of tumors listed in the reading.
3.
What has happened if a cancer has “metastasized?”
4.
Name the four categories of cancer and give a brief description of each.
5.
On average, how many cell divisions will a normal, healthy cell undergo? A cancer cell?
6.
Name and briefly describe two treatments for cancer mentioned in the reading.