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BIOL 100 Questions With Accurate Solutions
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BIOL 100 Questions With Accurate SolutionsIdentify the chances of developing cancer for a female and male ✔️Ans -
Female: 1/3 Male: 1/2
Describe how cancer is a physiological disease that occurs at the cellular level
✔️Ans - Cells main physiological responsibility is to operate the organ system,
although if the cells get affected by the disease, this will also affect the
physiological organ system functions. Causing the organ system to be affected
by the disease.
How does Cancer start? ✔️Ans - When a cell, or a group of cells start to
divide uncontrollably, or lose their specialization. The cells that don't get the
chance to be organized at a specific location at the tissues/organs. Those
unneeded cells then group up, this would also be referred to as a tumor.
Having a tumor can malfunction the operation of the organ/tissue system.
Define the term cancer ✔️Ans - A disease resulting from uncontrolled
growth and division of abnormal cells
Define: Nucleus (Information Processing) ✔️Ans - Contains the genetic
information of a cell, the DNA
Define: Ribosomes (Information Processing) ✔️Ans - Structure where the
genetic information is needed to manufacture proteins
Define: Mitochondria (Energy) ✔️Ans - Convert the energy found in
nutrients to a form usable by the cell
Define: Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) (Transporation and processing of
nutrients) ✔️Ans - The transportation system of the cell. It moves
materials around the cell.
Define: Lysosome (Transporation and processing of nutrients) ✔️Ans - cell
organelle filled with enzymes needed to break down nutrients in the cell.
, Define: Golgi apparatus (Transporation and processing of nutrients) ✔️Ans
- A system of membranes in the cell that modifies, sorts, and packages
proteins from the endoplasmic reticulum
Define: plasma membrane (Isolation) ✔️Ans - Isolates the cell from its
external environment and selectively allows for the passage of materials
Cancers are named based on... ✔️Ans - The types of tissues or organs they
originated in
T/F Cancer cells can affect the physiology of the body organ system ✔️Ans -
True
T/F Cancer is a disease that is the result of an inability to regulate cell division
✔️Ans - True
T/F One in thee females and one in two males will develop cancer in their
lives ✔️Ans - True
T/F Cancer only affects the elderly, such as 50+ ✔️Ans - False
Define: Prokaryotic Cells ✔️Ans - no nucleus, no membrane bound
organelles, bacteria.
Define: Eukaryotic Cells ✔️Ans - (plant, animal, fungi, protist) cells contain
a membrane-bound nucleus and organelles.
Define: Organelles ✔️Ans - They are internal compartments in the cell, that
separate and regulate chemical reactions.
T/F A Prokaryotic Cell is big and more complex ✔️Ans - FALSE, a
prokaryotic cell is small and less complex
T/F A Eukaryotic Cell is small and less complex ✔️Ans - FALSE, a
eukaryotic cell is big and more complex
T/F Eukaryotic Cell and Prokaryotic cells both have ribosomes ✔️Ans -
True
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