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Stem cells and their medical uses

9th grade (Year 10 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.HS-LS1-4 · England: GCSE Combined Science: Cell biology

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Question 1
Which type of stem cell: can form blood cells but not nerve cells?
- A. embryonic stem cells
- B. adult stem cells
- C. plant meristem cells
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Question 2
Stem cells: which statement is true?
- A. Stem cell treatments have no risks.
- B. Most specialised animal cells can change into any other type of cell.
- C. Adult stem cells are only found in embryos.
- D. Plant meristems can be used to produce clones of rare plants quickly.
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Question 3
Bone marrow transplants help some people with leukaemia (leukemia). Why?
- A. Adult stem cells in the marrow can make new healthy blood cells
- B. The marrow becomes a new heart
- C. Bone marrow contains antibiotics
- D. Marrow cells kill all viruses
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Question 4
Which type of stem cell: can form almost any type of human cell?
- A. embryonic stem cells
- B. adult stem cells
- C. plant meristem cells
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Question 5
Stem cells: which statement is true?
- A. Adult stem cells are only found in embryos.
- B. Stem cell treatments have no risks.
- C. Using embryos for research raises ethical issues that people disagree about.
- D. Most specialised animal cells can change into any other type of cell.
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Question 6
In therapeutic cloning, an embryo is made with the patient's own genes. What is the main advantage?
- A. The stem cells will not be rejected by the patient's immune system
- B. It is free of ethical questions
- C. It needs no laboratory
- D. The cells never divide
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Question 7
Which type of stem cell: taken from an early embryo?
- A. embryonic stem cells
- B. adult stem cells
- C. plant meristem cells
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Question 8
Stem cells: which statement is true?
- A. Most specialised animal cells can change into any other type of cell.
- B. Adult stem cells are only found in embryos.
- C. Using embryos for research raises ethical issues that people disagree about.
- D. Stem cell treatments have no risks.
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Question 9
Bone marrow transplants help some people with leukaemia (leukemia). Why?
- A. Adult stem cells in the marrow can make new healthy blood cells
- B. Bone marrow contains antibiotics
- C. The marrow becomes a new heart
- D. Marrow cells kill all viruses
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Question 10
Which type of stem cell: taken from an early embryo?
- A. embryonic stem cells
- B. adult stem cells
- C. plant meristem cells
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Question 11
Stem cells: which statement is true?
- A. Adult stem cells are only found in embryos.
- B. Plant meristems can be used to produce clones of rare plants quickly.
- C. Stem cell treatments have no risks.
- D. Most specialised animal cells can change into any other type of cell.
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Question 12
In therapeutic cloning, an embryo is made with the patient's own genes. What is the main advantage?
- A. The cells never divide
- B. It needs no laboratory
- C. It is free of ethical questions
- D. The stem cells will not be rejected by the patient's immune system
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Question 13
Which type of stem cell: found at root and shoot tips?
- A. embryonic stem cells
- B. adult stem cells
- C. plant meristem cells
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Question 14
Stem cells: which statement is true?
- A. Stem cell treatments have no risks.
- B. Adult stem cells are only found in embryos.
- C. Most specialised animal cells can change into any other type of cell.
- D. Adult stem cells can form only a limited range of cell types.
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Question 15
What makes a stem cell different from a specialised cell?
- A. It can only become a nerve cell
- B. It cannot divide
- C. It is undifferentiated and can divide to become other cell types
- D. It has no nucleus
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Question 16
Which type of stem cell: used to clone rare plants quickly?
- A. embryonic stem cells
- B. adult stem cells
- C. plant meristem cells

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