Biochemistry
Genetics
Molecular Biology
Bacteria
Misc.
100

The definition of organic compound

What is a compound with carbon in it?

100

the definition of mutation

a change in the structure of a gene when being passed down

100

The energy the cell uses

What is ATP?

100

the way bacteria reproduce

What is mitosis, cellular division, or binary fission?

100

the definition of biotechnology

What is the practical application of biology concepts paired with engineering?

200

The thing that makes up proteins

What are amino acids?

200

The full name of DNA

What is Deoxyribonucleic Acid


200

transcription and translation

What are The processes from DNA to protein?

200

The definition of bacteria

What is a unicellular organism with a cell wall but no nucleus?

200

The thing CRISPR stands for

What are Clustered Regularly Interspaced Palindromic Repeats?

300

The four main elements found in the human body

What are Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, and Oxygen?


300
The definition of cancer

What is a disease caused by the rapid division of abnormal cells in the body?

300

5 organelles

What are (5 of the following)

Plasma/Cell Membrane, Cytoplasm, Nucleus, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Mitochondria, Ribosomes, Cytoskeleton, Golgi Apparatus, Vacuoles, Nucleolus, Lysosome

50 bonus points for each of the following you get

Plastids, Microbodies, Cilia and Flagella, Centrosome and Centrioles

300

the thing bacteria use to move around

What are pili or flagellum?

300

The use of penicillin

What is antibiotic treatment?

400
The definition of enzyme

What is a substance created by an organism to be a catalyst for a chemical reaction?

400
The use of CRISPR in nature

What is the immune response of bacteria and archaea to bacterial phages?

400

The function of lipid deposits in the cell

What is storing energy?

400

the definition of microbial fermentation

What is using microbes to break down large molecules in to large ones? 

400

A biotechnology to transplant normal genes into genes with missing or abnormal genes

What is gene therapy?

500

The common name of C₆H₁₂O₆

What is glucose

500
The reason UV rays increase one's risk of cancer

What is electromagnetic radiation's effect on DNA?

500

The process of mRNA vaccination

What is sending mRNA to the cell in order to provide a blue print to making the antibody proteins needed to fight a virus?

500

the strain of bacteria that causes strep throat

What is Streptococcus?

Bonus Points if you answered Streptococcus pyogenes.


500
The earliest known use of biotechnology

What is selective breeding AKA domestication?

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