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A benign tumor differs from a malignanttumor in that a benign tumor

does NOT metastasize

Which of the following occurs duringprophase?

the mitotic spindle begins to form

A duplicated chromosome consists of two

chromatids

Chromatin consists of

DNA and protein

The phase of mitosis during which the nuclearenvelope fragments and the nucleoli disappearis called

prophase

Which of the following will help preventcancer and increase survival?

Seek early detection of tumors

Mature human nerve cells and muscle cells

are permanently in a state of nondivision

Which of the following is a feature of plant celldivision that distinguishes it from animal celldivision?

A cell plate forms

The chromosomes of eukaryotic cells are foundin the

nucleus

Which one of the following is not a function ofmitosis? Mitosis helps organisms

All are correct

Which of the following is NOT a stage ofmitosis?

interphase

Skin cancer is a type of

carcinoma

The cell cycle results in the production of

2 diploid cells, each with sameamount of genetic material info.

A ______ is an example of an organism thatcan reproduce asexually.

Komodo dragon

During which stage of the cell cycle doescytokinesis usually occur?

telophase

Which of these events occurs during anaphase?

Sister chromatids separate

During which phase of mitosis does thenuclear envelope re-form and the nucleolireappear?

telophase

If the S phase was eliminated from the cellcycle,the daughter cells would

have half the genetic material found in the parental cell

DNA is found in structures called

chromosomes

Which one of the following does NOT occurduring mitotic anaphase?

the chromatid DNA replicates

Which of the following is a stage of mitosis?

telophase

Which of the following help maintain thestructure of chromosomes and control theactivity of genes?

proteins

During metaphase

chromosomes line up on the midline of the cell

The creation of offspring carrying geneticinformation from just a single parent is called

asexual reproduction

Which of the following occurs duringinterphase?

cell growth and duplication of the chromosomes

What are nucleosomes made of?

DNA wrapped around histone proteins

The process by which the cytoplasm of aeukaryotic cell divides to produce two cells iscalled

cytokinesis

The correct sequence of the stages of the cellcycle is

interphase, prophase, metaphase,anaphase, telophase

Sister chromatids are joined at the

centromere

Which of the following must occur for a plantor animal to grow and develop normally?

it must be able to control the timing andrate of cell division in different parts of its body

Humans use the calories they obtain from______ as their source of energy.

food

What compound directly provides energy forcellular work?

ATP

Anaerobic process requires

oxygen

Respiration describes the exchange of gasesbetween your blood and the outside air.Cellular respiration ______.

produces ATP

Which of these equations describes aerobiccellular respiration?

glucose+oxygen ----> 􏰀 carbon dioxide+water + energy

During redox reactions, ______.

electrons are lost from one substance and added to another substance

During cellular respiration, electrons movethrough a series of electron acceptor molecules.Which of thefollowing isatruestatementabout this process?

Oxygen is eventually reduced by the electrons to form water.

The first electron acceptor of cellularrespiration is ______.

NAD+

Which of the following is the correct sequenceof stages in cellular respiration?

glycolysis, citric acid cycle, electrontransport

Which part of cellular respiration produces themost NADH?

citric acid cycle

In cellular respiration, most ATP is produceddirectly as a result of ______.

the movement of hydrogen ions across the inner mitochondrial membrane

Anaerobic respiration produces a maximum of______ ATP per glucose.

2

Which of the following metabolic pathways iscommon to both aerobic and anaerobicprocesses of sugar breakdown?

glycolysis

In fermentation, ______ is ______.

NADH ... oxidized

Respiration ______, and cellular respiration______.

is gas exchange ... produces ATP

The term anaerobic means ______

without O2

Which of the following is a result of glycolysis?

conversion of glucose to pyruvic acid

What must pyruvic acid be converted to beforeit can enter the Krebs cycle?

acetyl CoA

Which one of the following is the correctsequence of stages in cellular respiration?

glycolysis, Krebs cycle, electron transportchain

The final electron acceptor of aerobicrespiration is ______.

oxygen

During cellular respiration, the energy inglucose ______.

is carried by electrons

Respiration __________, and cellularrespiration __________.

is gas exchange ... produces ATP

The overall equation for the cellularrespiration of glucose is

C6H12O6 + 6O2 --> 􏰀 6CO2 + 6H2O +energy

During cellular respiration, the energy inglucose

is carried by electrons.

Oxidation is the __________, and reduction isthe __________.

loss of electrons ... gain of electrons

During which of the following phases ofcellular respiration does substrate-levelphosphorylation take place?

glycolysis and the citric acid cycle

Which one of the following metabolicpathways is common in aerobic and anaerobicorganisms?

glycolysis

During chemiosmosis

ATP is synthesized when H+ ions movethrough a protein port provided by ATPsynthase.

To obtain energy from starch and glycogen, thebody must begin by

hydrolyzing both starch and glycogen toglucose.

If you consume one gram of each of thefollowing, which will yield the most ATP?

fat

Homologous chromosomes ______.

carry the same genes

Which of the following is the best descriptionof the events of anaphase I?

Homologous chromosomes randomlyseparate and migrate to opposite poles.

Which of the following is a characteristic seenin prophase I that does not occur in prophaseII?

Crossing over occurs.

One difference between mitosis and meiosis is______.

mitosis produces cells geneticallyidentical to the parent cell, but meiosisdoes not

Why is crossing over not possible in meiosis II?

Because homologous chromosomes are no longer in the same cell.

During metaphase I, ______.

homologous chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell

Crossing over during prophase I results in______.

genetic recombination

Which scientist iscredited with proposing in1887 that an egg and a sperm fuse to form azygote?

van Beneden

Sexual intercourse in humans ______.

allows a haploid sperm cell to fertilize ahaploid egg cell

How much genetic material is present in a cellduring prophase I compared to a cell that hascompleted meiosis II?

four times as much

Chromosomes that do not determine the sex ofan individual are called ______.

autosomes

How many possible gametes are there if a cellhas 4 chromosome pairs?

16

In humans, gametes are _____ and somaticcells are _______ .

haploid; diploid

Many protist are _________ for most of theirlives.

haploid

Genetic variation is accomplished by all butone of the following. Which is it?

the events of meiosis II

In humans, germ-line cells are located in

the ovaries and testes.

Anaphase II is essentially the same as mitoticanaphase except that in anaphase II ______ andin mitotic anaphase ______.

the cells are haploid and sisterchromatids separate ... the cells arediploid and sister chromatids separate

Upon completion of telophase I andcytokinesis, there is(are) ______ cell(s).

two haploid

The process that serves to decrease cellularchromosome number by half is

meiosis

Karyotyping

can reveal alterations in chromosome number.

What sex chromosomes belong to a normalhuman female?

XX

A karyotype (a chromosome display) would beunable to determine ______.

eye color

A ______ describes a site of crossing over.

chiasma

An organism's diploid number is 64.Itshaploid number would be

32

What sex chromosomes belong to a normalhuman male?

XY

How many autosomes do humans have?

22

For a species with four pairsof chromosomes,________ gametic combinations are possible.

16

Which of the following does NOT enhancegenetic diversity?

mitosis of somatic cells

Genetically, human ______.

children are equally related to both parents

A fter meiosis I _____ cells are formed and aftermeisis II , _____ cells results.

2; 4