Bio Medicine
What organ removes waste and filters blood?
Kidneys
Biological catalysts that speed up chemical reactions without being consumed?
Enzymes
What is the central dogma of biology?
DNA to RNA to protein
What are the categories of threatened species?
Vulnerable, endangered, and critically endangered
What is the name of the current president of BBB?
Tara Fuchs
What molecule powers most of the bodies’ biological processes?
ATP
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
What are the three structures of a DNA molecule?
Nucleotides, double helix, and sugar-phosphate backbone
What are the 3 types of amphibians?
Frogs and toads, salamanders and newts, and caecilians
What is our chapters name?
Sigma Tau
What is the hormone that lowers blood sugar by helping cells take up glucose?
Insulin
Lipid molecule that is a major component of cell membranes and forms a bilayer?
Phospholipid
The protein complex that packages DNA into chromatin and regulates gene expression?
Histones
This biome is characterized by permafrost, low biodiversity, and short growing seasons.
Tundra
When was our chapter founded?
2002
Diagnostic imaging method that uses strong magnetic fields and radio waves to create pictures of organs and tissues?
MRI
Metabolic pathway that breaks down glucose and produces ATP and NADH?
Glycolysis
What type of immune system is the study of CRISPR derived from?
Bacterial adaptive immune system
The ecological role that describes a species, like sea otters or beavers, that has a disproportionately large effect on its ecosystem.
Keystone species
How many chapters do we have across the US?
Over 650
Chronic condition that involves persistently high blood pressure?
Hypertension
The neurotransmitter imbalance that plays a key role in mood regulation?
Serotonin
What is the process that uses short RNA molecules to provide starting points on the lagging strand during replication?
RNA priming
Name the 5 mass extinctions
Ordovician–Silurian Extinction
Late Devonian Extinction
Permian–Triassic Extinction
Triassic–Jurassic Extinction
Cretaceous–Paleogene Extinction
What are the colors of the Society and what do they represent?
Leaf green and blood red
Green representing botany, red representing zoology