Medical
Zoology
Botany
Microbiology
Misc.
100
What colors are veins and arteries (in normal models).
(Answer: veins = blue, arteries = red)
100
What do you call a baby frog?
(Answer: Tadpole) = normal points
Froglet = 200 points
Polliwog (adorable) = 500 points!
100
What process does an organism use to make its own food from sunlight?
(Answer: Photosynthesis) = normal points
100
What is this?
(Answer: bacteriophage) = 200 points
virus = infect another team with -200 points
100
Which plant is famous for producing a fruit that has seeds on the outside?
(Answer: Strawberry) = normal points
(This counts as a botany question)
200
Which blood cells help fight infections?
(Answer: White blood cells) = full points
200
What is the difference between an endotherm and an ectotherm?
Endotherms = make their own body heat
Ectotherms = external heat reliance
200
Who is the "father of genetics"?
Gregor Mendel = normal points OR 0 points & all future botany questions are 100 additional points
200
Why are viruses not considered alive?
Possible Answers (all correct):
No Cellular Structure
Cannot Reproduce Independently
No Metabolism
No Growth or Development
No Homeostasis
200
The four nucleotide bases of RNA are A, G, C and ____.
(Answer: U) = normal points
T = -100 points
300
Which organ removes toxins and helps process nutrients from food?
(Answer: The Liver) = full points OR 0 points & x2 next question
300
What does this caterpillar turn into?
(Answer: Swallowtail) = full points
Monarch = poison another team with -200
300
Where on the plant do brussel sprouts grow?
(Answer: On the side of the stalk) = normal points
300
What are the primary molecules making up plasma membrane in cells?
(Answer: Lipids) = normal points
300
What is it called when DNA bases are spontaneously added, removed, or altered from DNA?
(Answer: Genetic Mutation) = normal points OR mutate another team with -400
400
What is the difference between innate and adaptive immunity?
Innate immunity is the fast, non-specific, first line of defense.
Adaptive immunity is the slower, highly specific, learned response.
400
For full points you must name the kind of animal hidden on the flip side within 10 seconds.
400
What is the primary function of stomata?
(Answer: To regulate gas exchange) = normal points
400
Who discovered that heating foods like milk and wine kills bacteria?
Louis Pasture = normal points OR infect another team with -500 points
400
This type of symmetry means an organism can be divided into equal halves along multiple planes (think starfish).
(Answer: Radial Symmetry) = Normal points
500
Who discovered the world’s first antibiotic in 1923?
(Answer: Alexander Fleming) = full points & team is immune to attacks
500
What is this?
(Answer: Bird-of-Paradise) = full points
The Superb Bird-of-Paradise = 600 points
A Bird = 100 points
500
What is the common name for "Solanum tuberosum"
(Answer: A potato) = full points & all subsequent botany questions are 100 additional points
500
What is the idea of Spontaneous Generation?
EASY
(Answer: An outdated belief that living organisms could arise out of non-living material) = normal points
500
What is Zymology
(Answer: The Study of Fermentation) = Normal points OR 100 points & x2 next question.