Jeopardy Game Cell Reproduction

Mitosis AMitosis B 100 pts 200pts 300 pts 400 pts 100 pts 200pts 300 pts 400pts Mitosis C 100 pts 200pts 300 pts 400 pts Cell Cycle 100 pts 200pts 300 pts 400 pts 500 pts Changes 100 pts 200pts 300 pts 400 pts 500 pts FINAL JEOPARDY

Question 1 Cells process that most cells go through at least once in their lifetime. mitosis Check Answer

Question 2 Why are most cells microscopic? Smaller size allows necessary materials to get where they’re needed. Check Answer

Question 3 What happens to chromosomes before the start of mitosis and name the phase it happens in. Chromosomes double, replicate; interphase Check Answer

Name the 1st step of mitosis and describe what happens to chromosomes? Prophase; chromosomes coil and start moving to the center of the cell; attach to spindle fibers. Check Answer Question 4

Question 5 In which step of mitosis are the chromosomes lined up in the center of the cell? What structure allows them to attach? Metaphase, centromere Check Answer

Question 6 Most cells contain many of these in the nucleus. chromosomes Check Answer

Question 7 Name the 2 strands of a chromosome after the original is copied. Sister chromatids Check Answer

Question 8 2 new _____ are formed in the 4th step. cells Check Answer

Question 9 In step 3, fibers pull the chromatids towards the _____, but only in animal cells. Centrioles, opposite sides of cell Check Answer

Question 10 Name two benefits of mitosis. Replaces cells, produces new cells Check Answer

What is the importance of mitosis as a means of cell reproduction? Insures all genetic material (instructions) is in new cells. Check Answer Question 11

Question 12 Chromosomes are pulled to opposite sides of the cell in this phase. Anaphase Check Answer

Question 13 Nucleus reforms in this phase & the cell completes its division. Telophase Check Answer

Question 14 Process that occurs to actually split the cytoplasmic contents into two cells. cytokinesis Check Answer

A difference between cytokinesis of plants and animals. Animal cells – pinch in two; plant cells form cell plate Check Answer Question 15

General name given to time period between mitosis. Interphase Check Answer Question 16

Question 17 What occurs in G1 stage of the cell cycle? Growth, cell functions Check Answer

Question 18 What occurs in S phase of the cell cycle? Synthesis, replication, or copying of chromosomes Check Answer

Question 19 Three parts of interphase G1, S, G2 Check Answer

Question 20 Which is longer mitosis or the cell cycle? Cell cycle Check Answer

Question 21 What term means programmed cell death? apoptosis Check Answer

Question 22 Cells reproduce too _____ in cancer. rapidly Check Answer

Question 23 Name 3 possible cancer treatments Surgery, radiation, chemotherapy Check Answer

Question 24 What are external cancer causes known as. carcinogens Check Answer

Question 25 Type of cells that are “shape shifters”. Stem cells Check Answer

Final Jeopardy With the possible exception of cancer cells, which phase of the cell cycle would cells be in MOST of the time? With the possible exception of cancer cells, which phase of the cell cycle would cells be in MOST of the time?