Anatomy and Physiology
These organs, which sit low in the back of the body cavity, are responsible for filtering waste products from the blood, and for maintaining pH and electrolyte balance.
What are the kidneys?
Australian mammal that lays eggs, it is also one of only 2 mammals that possess venom.
What is a platypus?
This is the atmospheric gas that is primarily responsible for climate change.
What is CO2?
This stomach illness, which may include vomiting, diarrhea, cramps, and gas, is the most common foodborne illness caused by bacteria.
What is food poisoning?
When pairing bases, A matches with T and C matches with __.
What is G?
The part of the brain responsible for problem solving, and judgement, and restraint of impulsive behaviors.
What is the frontal lobe?
Prehistoric predator depicted in the movie Jurassic Park that was believed to be highly intelligent and to have hunted in packs, like modern wolves.
What is a velociraptor?
These insects, which pollinate many of our food crops, are ironically in decline due to modern agricultural practices, including pesticides and monocultures.
What are bees?
This male reproductive cell of a flower is transferred by wind, animals, insects, or water to the female flower parts, where fertilization occurs.
What is pollen?
This term describes the structure produced when DNA is coiled up tightly around proteins for safe keeping.
What is a chromosome?
Muscle in the front of the upper arm that contracts to move the elbow, it is often flexed to show off strength.
What is the biceps?
This group of animals includes shrimp, crabs, crayfish, and lobsters.
What are crustaceans?
In 1986, this nuclear plant near the city of Pripyat melted down resulting in the worst nuclear disastor in history.
What is Chernobyl?
In many organisms this single reproductive cell can be seen with the naked eye. An ostrich has one that is nearly 6 inches long and can weigh over 3 pounds.
What is an egg?
During this first step of protein synthesis, DNA is copied to mRNA.
What is transcription?
This term describes the internal balance that is maintained within the body.
What is homeostasis?
These animals look lizardlike, but they are actually amphibians, more closely related to frogs. Like frogs they have 3 life stages: jelly egg, tadpole, and adult.
What are salamanders?
The 2010 oil spill at the Deepwater Horizon drilling site, the worst oil spill in the US to date, was in this body of water.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
This single celled organism, commonly observed through microscopes in high school biology labs, moves using pseudopods and a flowing motion.
What is an ameoba?
Different forms of a gene, such as blue eye color and brown eye color.
What are alleles?
These molecules are sent from one part of the body to another as a form of communication. They can influence weight, mood, and sexual attraction.
What are hormones?
The only marsupial mammal that lives in the United States, it is well known for eating large quantities of insects, inlcuding ticks.
What is an opossum?
This 2005 hurricane devastated New Orleans, providing a preveiw of what is to come as storm intensities increase and sea levels rise due to climate change.
What is hurricane Katrina?
These single celled plant-like organisms are responsible for producing over half of the world's oxygen each year.
What are algea?
DNA is seperated, producing cells that have half the normal number of chromosomes, during this type of cell division. The resulting cells become eggs or sperm.
What is meiosis?