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Unit 2 Cell Test review - Concept 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| list the levels of organization from least to greatest | cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism |
| internal regulation | a cell receives a signal from inside the cell to make more |
| What is a malignant tumor | tumors that cause other tumors to grow in other parts of the body |
| After mitosis do the daughter cells have the same number of chromosomes or 1/2 of the chromosomes? | same number |
| What happens during interphase? | cell growth, duplicated organelles and divides the cytoplasm |
| Which organelle helps with cell division? | centrioles |
| Why do cells need to divide during mitosis? | it produces cells that are identical to the original cell |
| What happens during prophase? | the nuclear membrane breaks down, centrioles appear, chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell |
| What are stem cells? | undifferentiated cells that can turn into different kinds of cells as needed |
| What happens during interphase? | cell growth |
| why do body cells divide? | growth and repair |
| What is external regulation of cells? | signals come from outside of the cell such as hormones |
| What is a carcinogen? | chemicals that cause cancer |
| Definition of cancer cells | cells that continue to divide uncontrollably |
| What is apoptosis? | programmed cell death |
| What happens during the S phase of mitosis? | the chromosomes duplicate |
| During an experiment, which variable is tested? | independent variable |
| During an experiment, which variable is measured | dependent variable |
| What is a hydrophilic substance? | likes water |
| What is a hydrophobic substance? | hates water |
| List 4 macro molecules | proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acid |
| What is the function of proteins? | provide structure |
| What is the function of carbohydrates? | provide energy |
| What is the function of lipids? | make up cell membranes |
| What is the function of nucleic acid? | store and pass on genetic information |