Botany
Memory / Neuroscience
Cells
DNA
Teacher trivia
100

This part of the flower is sticky to catch pollen.

What is the stigma?

100

This organ is the main control center of the nervous system

What is the brain?

100

This structure controls what enters and leaves the cell.

What is the cell wall / cell membrane?

100

DNA is found in this organelle in more eukaryotic cells

What is the nucleus?
100

This is the baseball team that Ms Bourque is a fan of

What is the Boston Red Sox?

200

After fertilization, this flower structure swells into a fruit and contains seeds.

What is the ovary?

200

This part of a neuron receives messages from other neurons

What are dendrites?
200

These are responsible for making proteins for the cell

What are ribsosomes?

200

These 4 letters represent the four bases found in DNA

What is C, T, G, A?

200

This is the length of time Ms Heiter been teaching social studies

What is 1 month?

300

Leaves appear green because this pigment found in plants reflects green light.

What is chlorophyll?

300

These are the gaps between neurons.

What are synapses?

300
This jelly-like substance fills the cell

What is the cytoplasm?

300

A section of DNA that contains instructions for a particular trait or protein is called this.

What is a gene?

300

This is how many years Mr Scialo has been teaching

What is 29 years?
400
This is the scientific term for flowering plants.

What is angiosperms?

400

These particles travel between neurons to send signals

What are neurotransmitters?

400

These organelles contain digestive enzymes that break down waste and worn-out cell parts.

What are lysosomes?

400

DNA is tightly coiled & packaged into these X shaped structures

What are chromosomes?

400

This is Mr Scialo's favorite baseball park

What is Fenway Park?

500

The anther and filament together make up this male reproductive structure of a flower.

What is the stamen?

500

This part of the brain is strongly involved in forming and retrieving memories

What is the hippocampus?

500

This organelle would be like a post office because it sorts, packages, and ships materials.

What is golgi aparatus?

500

This is what DNA stands for

What is dexoyribonucleic acid?

500

This is how long Dr Frank has taught at Brandeis

What is __ years?

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