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How many contributions do you need to become staff?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 7.5
e) 0
c) 3
Which is the following is NOT a UBC lab?
a) SwELL (Sexuality and Wellbeing) Lab
b) DAS (Depression, Anxiety, Stress) Lab
c) THOT (Therapeutic Habituation and Optics Theory) Lab
c) PANGEA (Personality and Geographical Ambiance) Lab
c) THOT Lab
which of these trees is NOT a Vancouver street
a) Yew
b) Arbutus
c) Gingko
d) Maple
c) Gingko
what is objectively the most delicious way to prepare greens?
a) steamed
b) sauteed
c) smoked
d) roasted w lots of oil and salt and pepper and cumin mm yumm
d) roasted w lots of oil and salt and pepper and cumin mm yumm
When are staff meetings?
Friday 4-5
What if we lined up all the neurons in our body? How long would that line stretch?
a) 965 km
b) 5400 km
c) 100 km
d) 3 billion km
a) 965 km
what ecological theory describes the impacts of habitat fragmentation on species diversity and abundance?
a) island biogeography theory
b) speciation
c) niche theory
d) veganism
a) island biogeography
What category of macronutrient does starch fall under?
a) carbs
b) protein
d) fat
d) carb
When did the Ubyssey become independent from the AMS?
1995
How many lobes does the cerebral cortex have?
a) 4
b) 10
c) 2
d) 20
a) 4
which of these shrubs is NOT native to the pacific northwest
a) salal
b) huckleberry
c) saltcedar
d) dogwood
c) saltcedar
What is the only plant-based complete protein?
a) lentils
b) peanut butter toast
c) Impossible Beef
d) soy
d) soy
How many sections are in the Ubyssey?
9
which is NOT a part of the limbic system?
a) hippocampus
b) amygdala
c) basal ganglia
d) medula oblongata
d) medula oblongata
What's the biggest proximate driver of biodiversity loss?
land-use change
What vitamin can you not get from a vegan diet?
B12
what is the science section's most read article of all time
Shrooms 101: a beginner's guide to magic mushrooms
what neurotransmitter is associated with the locus ceruleus (hint: stress)?
a) norepinephrine
b) dopamine
c) serotonin
d) gaba
norepinephrine
how closely related are cacao plants and coffee plants?
a) a common ancestor evolved the enzymes that make caffeine, then they diverged
b) caffeine is an example of convergent evolution
c) they are the same family, different species
d) a and c
b) coffee plants and cacao evolved to produce caffeine seperately! https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/04/science/how-caffeine-evolved-to-help-plants-survive-and-help-people-wake-up.html
what supplement does healthcanada recommend for all people who can bear children?
a) folic acid
b) iron
c) magnesium
d) CBD
a) folic acid