Biology
Nidologists know male wrens build an array of these abodes to impress females who come into their territory
nests
"I hope you're pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed--or worse, expelled"
Hermione Granger
Many many years ago the Church of the United Brethren in Christ opened Otterbein University in this year
1847
You can breath easily because plants let off this gas as a waste product
Oxygen
Study of isolated species, called this "biogeography", can look at a peak or a national park, not just a place surrounded by water
island
"You have permitted your friends to die for you rather than face me yourself. I shall wait for one hour in the Forbidden Forest"
Voldemort
Otterbein's newest building finished construction in 2016 and opened for students, now many of us have classes or dine in this building!
The point
A joint experiment between Dubna and Oak Ridge scientists produced what 117-proton element named after a US state
Tennessine
"By Means of" this 2-word process was fit enough to survive as a subtitle for Darwin's "Origin of Species"
natural selection
"Tiny little bloke, my dad was. By the time I was six I could lift him up an' put him on top o' the dresser"
Hagrid
Freshman here learned that “living on campus” could mean “living underwater” after a burst pipe flooded this hall.
Mayne hall
First proposed by J.J. Thomson in 1904, a model of the atom in which electrons were embedded in a large positively-charged mass, with no nucleus, was popularly known by this alliterative food nickname
Plum Pudding
AlphaFold, a Google-developed AI system, has predicted the complex structures of 200 million of these substances
proteins
"You are here to learn the subtle science & exact art of potion-making"
Professor Snape
If you are wondering around the first floor of the science center you might run into some of these exotic amphibians in a tank
axolotl
Watch out! A nucleophilic molecule is capable of doing this type of attack
Backside attack
Knowing mitos is Greek for "thread" helps you name this cell structure loaded with the energy-carrying molecule ATP
the mitochondria
"I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for"
Sirius Black
These three professors are known around Otterbein for their academic bromance, these three professors—Dr. Tansey, Dr. Sinn, and ______ are often spotted together discussing philosophy, history, or where to get lunch
Dr. Lehman
This principle states that if a dynamic equilibrium is disturbed, the system adjusts to counteract the change.
Le Châtelier’s Principle