The basic unit of all living things (except viruses).
What is a the cell?
100
A type of reaction that releases energy in the form of heat.
What is an exothermic reaction?
100
Michigan State University's (most renowned, most humble, most caring, and most daring) mascot. He who is nobler (and likely better looking) than thou but would never say it to your face.
Who is Sparty?
100
C6H12O6
What is glucose?
100
The first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
200
A cell that has a membrane bound nucleus and organelles.
What is a eukaryotic cell?
200
The most common element on earth, making up ~47% of the earth's mass.
What is oxygen?
200
The second tallest building on campus after Spartan Stadium which holds the spot for number one.
What is Hubbard Hall?
200
A general term for the aneaerobic degradation of glucose or other organic nutrients to obtain energy, conserved as ATP.
What is fermentation?
200
A Serbian American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system.
Who is Nikola Tesla?
300
A multicellular diploid eukaryote in its earliest stage of development, from the time of fertilization through sexual reproduction until birth, hatching, or germination.
What is an embryo?
300
Electron Domain-Geometry when four bonding domains surround a central atom (at a 109.5 deg bond angle).
What is tetrahedral?
300
The approximate number of students that attend MSU.
What is 50K
300
The general name for an enzyme that oxidizes a molecule to release a proton in the form of NADH or FADH2.
What is dehydrogenase?
300
Wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. She was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
400
A region of plant tissue, found chiefly at the growing tips of roots and shoots and in the cambium, consisting of actively dividing cells forming new tissue.
What is a meristem?
400
Six noble gasses.
What are Helium (He), Neon (Ne), Argon (Ar), Krypton (Kr), Xenon (Xe), and Radon (Rn)?
400
The number of buildings on MSU's campus.
What is 538?
400
Two amino acids with negative charges.
What are glutamate and aspartate?
400
FIRST person to develop the double helix model.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
500
An organelle containing DNA inherited only from the mother.
What are mitochondria?
500
Swedish inventor of dynamite who discovered that absorbing nitroglycerin onto cellulose made it more stable. He donated his fortune to establish prizes awarding those who "have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind."
Who is Alfred Nobel?
500
This building was described during its dedication ceremony as being "a meeting or trysting place of the students, student groups or organizations; the center of all the activities of this institution."
What is the Beaumont Tower?
500
Another name for complex II in the electron transport chain as it is known in the citric acid cycle (hint: it oxidizes succinate to fumarate giving off one molecule of FADH2).
What is the succinate dehydrogenase complex?
500
An American entrepreneur who, during his lifetime, won 22 Academy Awards and received four honorary Academy Awards from a total of 59 nominations.