Each step of the cell cycle is important to make sure healthy daughter cells are formed.
Which of the following best describes what would happen if the cell does NOT successfully complete G1?
Each step of the cell cycle is important to make sure healthy daughter cells are formed.
Which of the following best describes what would happen if the cell does NOT successfully complete S phase?
Each step of the cell cycle is important to make sure healthy daughter cells are formed.
During mitosis, DNA moves within the cell. Which of the following could result if the spindle fibers do not form?
Each step of the cell cycle is important to make sure healthy daughter cells are formed.
During mitosis, DNA moves within the cell. Which of the following could result if the chromosomes are not separated evenly during anaphase?
Which of the following best describes cancer?
Complete the flowchart below in order to explain how some cancers can form.
Regulated division of healthy daughter cells
Exposure to carcinogens (smoking, UV radiation)
Formation of cancer/tumor
Unregulated mutations within cells
What are some things that cause cancer?
(select 4)
What are carcinogens?
What are some examples of carcinogens?
(select 3)
Actress Angelina Jolie's mother was diagnosed with breast cancer caused by an excess amount of estrogen (a hormone that contributes to building breast tissue).
Angelina Jolie elected to have a double mastectomy, a surgery to remove the breast tissue. She made this decision since she was worried for her own likelihood of developing breast cancer.
Why was Angelina so worried that she would have breast cancer?
