Cell Growth

True or False:

Normal cells will continue to grow and never divide.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

The ratio of __________ __________ to ___________ is important when determining cell size

• surface volume; area

• area volume; surface

• surface area; volume

• surface volume; volume

What are the series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide?

• Interphase

• Mitosis

• Cell Cycle

• Cytokinesis

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

What happens during the G1 Phase of the cell cycle?

• Cell Growth

• DNA Replication

• Preparation for Mitosis

• All of the above

All of the following are problems that growth causes for cells EXCEPT

• more demands on DNA

• excess oxygen

• obtaining enough food/nutrients

• expelling wastes

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Which phase of the cell cycle is the longest?

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Interphase

• Cytokinesis

What is a disorder in which some of the body’s own cells lose the ability to control growth?

• Cell Division

• Cell Disfunction

• Cancer

• Mitosis

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

True or False:

Controls on cell division can be turned on and off.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Cells will stop growing when they come into contact with other cells.  This is known as contact ___________

• Stalling

• Disengaging

• Working

• Inhibition

When a cell becomes too small, it places too many demands on the DNA

• True

• False