Biotechnology and Society Midterm Practice Test

What is the product of meiosis?
Two identical daughter cells
Two different daughter cells
Four identical daughter cells
Four different daughter cells
What is the product of mitosis?
Two identical daughter cells
Two different daughter cells
Four identical daughter cells
Four different daughter cells
At what phase in mitosis do the chromosomes line up along the cell equator?
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
A cancer that has lost anchorage dependence and entered the bloodstream is refered to as ________?
Benign
Metastasized
What does aiolos do?
Increase a cell's reproductive ability
Speed up the cell process
Promotes anchorage independence
Causes a somatic mutation
Which of the following type of mutation will not have an effect on expressed protein?
Silent mutation
Deletion/insertion
Nonsense mutation
Missense mutation
Which of the following is an example of an Endocrine Disrupting Chemical?
Pesticides
 
Which of the following activist groups blamed environmental factors for cancers?
Toxic Tour
Women and Cancer Walk
Susan G. Komen: Race for the Cure
Which of the following was not a main goal of the Susan G. Komen: Race for the Cure?
Raise awareness about breast cancer
Increase the amount of research resources
Expose the corporate polluters and hold them accountable
Remove the stigma and same associated with the disease
Which of the following activist groups was know for confrontational protests?
Susan G. Komen: Race for the Cure
Toxic Tour
Women and Cancer Walk
Which of the following activist groups was against mainstream gender and sexuality norms?
Women and Cancer Walk
Susan G. Komen: Race for the Cure
Toxic Tour
Which of the following happens in meiosis but not in mitosis?
Chromosomes are duplicated in the nucleus, sister chromatids bond and form an "x" shape
Chromosome pairs line up along the equator of the cell
Members of each pair exchange DNA information- know as "crossing over"
Spindles pull chromosomes to opposite poles of the cell
What causes variation among offspring?
Random fertilization
Crossing over
Recombination
Meiosis results in haploid cells
A and b
All of the above
If a cell is detected as "bad", what might a cell do to prevent the reproduction of the mutated cell?
Interkinesis
Apoptosis
Aneuploidy
Somatic cell division
Inheritance of a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation guarantees that a person will develop cancer.
True
False
Endocrine system
Hormones
Nerve impulses
Affects all cells
Contributes to homeostasis
Lasting-effects in the blood stream
Coordinates gradual changes in the body
Involves short-range chemical signals
Nervous system
Hormones
Nerve impulses
Affects all cells
Contributes to homeostasis
Lasting-effects in the blood stream
Coordinates gradual changes in the body
Involves short-range chemical signals
ERa and ERb are ______?
Hormones
Types of estrogen receptors
Types of DNA mutations
Examples of inherited diseases
 
 
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