Sci Fi
What Science Fiction Franchise are "lightsabers" from?
Star Wars
What is the organ in the human body is responsible for pumping blood throughout the circulatory system.
The Heart
What is the molecule that carries genetic information and is composed of a double helix?
DNA
What is the name of the conversion of light energy into food(chemical energy) by plants, algae, and some bacteria.
Photosynthesis
What is the process of making multiple copies of a specific segment of DNA called?
Cloning
What Science Fiction Franchise is "Spice" from?
Dune
The human body has 206 of these, which provide structure and protect vital organs.
Bones
The building blocks of proteins, linked by peptide bonds.
Amino Acids
What is the name of the ecological relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another.
Parasitism
This term refers to organisms that have been altered using genetic engineering to express traits from another species. What are they called?
GMOS(Genetically Modified Organisms)
Which movie has the "blue pill and red pill"?
The Matrix
This type of cell division results in two identical daughter cells and is essential for growth and repair in multicellular organisms.
Mitosis
What is the name of the symbiotic relationship which benefits both species involved.
Mutualism
In a food chain, what is the level consisting of organisms that break down dead matter and recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem
Decomposers
This technique is used to amplify small amounts of DNA to be studied or used in other applications. What is it called?
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
What is the name of the ship in Star Trek?
USS Enterprise
What is the structure in plant cells that stores water, nutrients, and waste products?
The Vacuole
What is the ability of an organism to maintain stable internal conditions, such as temperature and pH?
Homeostasis
What is the name of the maximum population size that an environment can support due to limited resources.
Carrying Capacity
Which enzyme is commonly used in genetic engineering to cut DNA at specific locations?
Restriction enzyme
What are the names of the Alien Species in Avatar?
The Na'vi
What is the name of the tiny structures in the cell that are responsible for producing proteins.
Ribosomes
What is the name of the class of enzymes that are responsible for catalyzing the joining of two molecules, often in DNA replication and repair processes.
Ligases
What is when different organisms within one ecosystem split up an area so that they will not compete for the same resources.
Resource Partitioning
What is the name of the tool, often called "molecular scissors," used to cut DNA at specific sequences?
CRISPR