Cell Division

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Chapter 10/11

• Cell Division

2
Question

• As a cell becomes larger, its volume
  increases______________ than its surface area.

3
Answer

• Faster

4
Question

• What happens when a cell grows?

5
Answer

• It places more demands on its DNA.
• It uses up food an oxygen more quickly.
• It has more trouble moving enough materials
  across its cell membrane.

6
Question

• What is the series of events that cells go
  through as they grow and divide called?

7
Answer

• The cell cycle

8
Question

• What are the phases of mitosis?

9
Answer

• Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

10
Question

• What happens when cells come into contact with
  other cells.

11
Answer

• They stop growing.

12
Question

• What regulates the cell cycle?

13
Answer

• Growth factors
• Cylins
• p53

14
Question

• Cancer is a disease in which some cells have lost
  their ability to.

15
Answer

• Control their growth rate

16
Question

• What is a tumor?

17
Answer

• A mass of cells that are sometimes cancerous.

18
Question

• If an organisms diploid number is 16, Its haploid
  number is.

19
Answer

• 8

20
Question

• Are gametes produced through meiosis or mitosis?

21
Answer

• Meiosis

22
Question

• Gametes have __________ allele for each gene.

23
Answer

• one

24
Question

• Meiosis results in the formation of what type of
  cells?

25
Answer

• Haploid cells

26
Question

• Meiosis results in the formation of __________
  genetically different cells.

27
Answer

• four

28
Question

• What happens if cancer cells are left untreated?

29
Answer

• They will break loose and spread through the body
  which causes serious medical problems and
  disrupts normal activities.

Ovarian Cancer