Mitosis
Mitosis Checkpoints
Cell Communication
Thanksgiving Trivia
Dallas Trivia
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One Cell dividing into two identical daughter cells

Mitosis

100

Cell Cycle Checkpoints either start or stop cells from going into this process of cell division

Mitosis

100

Cell death is called

Apoptosis

100

What is an adult female turkey called?

A Hen

100

Posty Fest is an Arlington, Texas music festival put on by what local rapper?

Post Malone

200

DNA that has been tightly coiled into "x" shaped, visible, coils

Chromosomes

200

A green light in the G1 phase will start this

DNA Replication/ DNA Synthesis

200

Cells that communicate with themselves partake in this kind of communication

Autocrine Communication

200

Which President made Thanksgiving a permanent national holiday?

Lincoln

200

Each year in January, Dallas holds one of the biggest events in the country to celebrate the life of which minister and civil rights activist?

Martin Luther King Jr.

300
These nucleotides would match up with a DNA strand that reads

GCGATCG

CGCTAGC

300
If a cell receives a "stop" signal, this will happen

It gets stuck in its current state/ Undergoes Apoptosis

300

Cells that communicate with similar cells that are short distances undergo this kind of communication

Paracrine Communication
300

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, how much does the heaviest turkey on record weigh?

80 pounds

300

Who famously died in the basement garage of the Dallas Municipal Building on November 24, 1963?

Lee Harvey Oswald

400

This phase of Mitosis is when DNA first becomes visisble

Prophase

400

Cells spend 95% of their time in this phase

Interphase

400

Cells that undergo long distance communication partake in this kind of communication

Endocrine Communication

400

How long did the first Thanksgiving meal last?

3 Days

400

Designed by Welton Becket and erected in 1978, which Dallas tower currently has 259 color-changing LEDs around the hall at the top of its structure?

Reunion Tower

500

These organelles pull sister Chromatids apart in Anaphase

Spindle Fibers

500

This is the final checkpoint of Mitosis

M checkpoint during Metaphase

500

A hormone that travels as the primary messenger from one cell to another

Ligand

500

Which continent does not grow pumpkins?

Antarctica

500

According to the 2020 U.S. Census, how many cities in Texas have a population that is higher than Dallas? Please note the population of Fort Worth is not counted.

2 Cities (Houston and Austin)

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