Genetics
Atmosphere
Brain & Nervous System
Science in Pop Culture
Science Grab bag
100
This Austrian monk who studied patterns of heredity in peas, is known as the father of genetics
Who is Gregor Mendel?
100
The gas that composes most of the atmosphere is which of these: helium, carbon, oxygen, or nitrogen?
What is nitrogen
100
The basic cell type of the nervous system
What is a neuron?
100
What was the scientific specialty of Mark Watney in The Martian?
What is a botanist (plant scientist)?
100
Who is this?
Who is Charles Darwin?
200
Put the following in order from smallest to largest:
chromosome, nucleotide, gene, cell nucleus, DNA
what is nucleotide, gene, DNA chromsome, cell nucleus
200
The layer of the atmosphere closest to the Earth is which of these:
stratosphere, exosphere, troposphere, or thermosphere?
What is the troposphere?
200
Reflexes describe a process where an electrochemical pathway loops through this part of the central nervous system
What is the spinal cord?
200
on what show will you find this species?
What is Stranger Things?
200
When a high pressure system rolls in, you can expect this type of weather
What are clear skies?
300
What term describes how a trait appears (what is seen)?
What is phenotypre?
300
In the Northern Hemisphere, large weather patterns and ocean currents spin in a counter-clockwise direction. This is known as what?
What is the Coriolis effect?
300
The gap between neurons is called this
What is a synapse?
300
what is one of the scientific problems in this scene?
Combustion, sound, banking (turning) in space, ?
300
How many elements are there on the periodic table?
What is 118
400
If you have a mother with a homozygous recessive trait and a father with a heterozygous trait, what are the probable genotypes of the offspring?
What is 50% heterozygous and 50% homozygous recessive
400
On Earth, one atmosphere of pressure equals this much psi (pounds per square inch)
What is 14.7 psi
400
Which type of receptor is involved in taste- mechanoreceptors, chemoreceptors, thermoreceptors, or photoreceptors?
What is chemoreceptors?
400
Which famous pop star recently flew into space?
Who is Katy Perry
400
If you slowly pour water, then salt water, then oil into a glass tube. How will the layers sort out from bottom to top
salt water, water, oil
500
If you have a DNA template strand with the base sequence A-G-G-T-C-A What is the matching sequence for RNA?
What is U-C-C-A-G-U?
500
What are the three types of heat transfer?
What are radiation, convection, and conduction
500
A condition that many people have where stimulation of one sense can trigger a response in another sensory pathway. It is like "wires are crossed"
What is synesthesia?
500
What movie is this image from?
What is Back to the Future
500
what is going on here?
The Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan