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| Disease in which some body cells grow and divide uncontrollably, damaging the parts of the body around them. |
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| Use of drugs to treat diseases such as cancer. |
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| Mass of abnormal cells that develope when cancerous cells divide and grow uncontrollably. |
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| Change in a gene or chromosome |
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| Process by which cells break down simple food molecules to release the energy they contain. |
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| Stage of the cell cycle during which the cell's nucleus divides into two new nuclei and one copy of the DNA is distributed into each daughter cell. |
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| Stage of the cell cycle that takes place before cell division occurs. |
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| Regular sequence of growth and division that cells undergo. |
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| A doubled rod of condensed chromatin; contains DNA that carries genetic info. |
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| Final stage of the cell cycle, in which the cell's cytoplasm divides, distributing the organelles into each of the two new cells. |
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| Process by which cells break down molecules to release energy without using oxygen. |
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| The process by which cells break down simple food molecules to release the energy they contain. |
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| Small openings on the underside of a leaf through which oxygen and carbon dioxide can move. |
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| Small openings on the underside of a leaf through which oxygen and carbon dioxide can move. |
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| A colored chemical compound that absorbs light. |
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| An organism that cannot make its own food. |
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| The process by which plants & some other organisms capture the energy in sunlight and use it to make food. |
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| An organism that makes its own food. |
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