Chemistry
The number of significant figures in 10.00
What is 4?
The stage of mitosis when two nuclei are formed
What is telophase?
This is the acceleration due to gravity
What is 9.8 m/s2?
A deficiency in this ion would have caused a failure of muscular contraction at the level of troponin, myosin, and actin
What is calcium (Ca2+)?
The year Stevens was established
What is 1870?
The charge of a bromine ion
What is -1?
This disease is caused by a point mutation in the hemoglobin gene
What is sickle cell anemia?
The coefficient of friction is represented by this Greek symbol
What is mu (μ)?
This type of electromagnetic waves are often used during diagnostic tests in patients for bones and joints.
What are X-rays?
Stevens celebrated this milestone in February of last year.
What is Steven’s 150th anniversary?
The elements that can form hydrogen bonds with hydrogen
What are nitrogen, oxygen, and fluorine?
The place where the Calvin cycle occurs in the cell
What is the stroma?
This is the formula for the potential energy due to gravity
What is mgh?
This part of the brain stores long term memory.
What is hippocampus?
This Latin motto can be found on Steven's emblem.
What is “per aspera ad astra”? Or What is “through hardship to the stars”?
The formula of Copper (I) Nitride
What is Cu3N?
This type of inhibition occurs when a substrate binds to a site other than the active site to prevent enzyme catalysis
What is allosteric inhibition?
This is the direction in which torque is positive
What is counterclockwise?
This functional group is present in RNA but not DNA.
What is a hydroxyl group?
One of the most prominent buildings on campus, Howe center is named after Wesley J Howe, who worked for this company.
What is Becton Dickinson (BD)?
In an electrolytic cell the electrode at which the electrons enter the solution is called the ______ ; the chemical change that occurs at this electrode is called _______.
What is Cathode, reduction?
This type of selection eliminates the extreme phenotypes and favors a more intermediate form
What is stabilizing selection?
This is the formula for the electric force between two charged bodies
What is F = kq1q1/r2?
This amino acid makes disulfide bonds in the tertiary structure of proteins.
What is cysteine?
This man graduated from Stevens in 1881 and later moved on to become the second president of Stevens, and has a building on campus named after him.
Who is Alexander Crombie Humphreys?