Bacteria
Protists I
Protists II
How to Use a Microscope
Facts From Video Games I Enjoy
200
The name for a spherical bacteria.

What is coccus?

200

This is a synapomorphy of the Phylum Apicomplexa.

What is the Apical Complex? 

200

This is the significant adaptation for the group Dictyostelia. 

What is the slug?

200

Despite its name, this part of the microscope cannot smell. 

What is the nosepiece? 

200

In Pokemon, the Kanto Pokedex has this many Pokemon in it. 

What is 151?

400

This is what can explain when a nonmotile bacteria appears to be moving.

What is Brownian Motion (or fluid moving around the specimen)?

400

This is the synapomorphy of Alveolata. 

What are alveoli (or pellicle)?

400

This is the shared trait of Stramenopiles. 

What are 2 disparate flagella? (One with tripartite bristles and one whip-like)

400

These are the four magnifications you usually find on a Microscope in DoL Lab.

What are 4x, 10x, 40x, and 100x/Oil immersion?

400

The Cordyceps Fungus leads to the outbreak of zombies called "Clickers" in this video game. 

What is "The Last of Us?"

600

These are the three forms of motility for a motile bacteria. (need to name all 3 to be correct)

What are gliding, swimming, and spiraling?

600

This protozoan parasite has an adhesive disc on its ventral cell surface. 

What is Giardia? 

600

This is the shared trait of Diatoms. 

What is the frustule?

600

This is the actual magnification when looking through a 40x objective. 

What is 400x?

600

These are the 3 Pokemon types that were not in the original Pokemon Red, Blue, and Green Versions. 

What are Steel, Dark, and Fairy?

800

These are the four sphere configurations for a bacteria.

What are pairs, chains, clusters, and cubes?

800

One of the significant adaptations of the Phylum Dinoflagellata.

1) Theca - armor of overlapping cellulose plates

2) Extrusomes - Peduncle and Pallium - prey capture

800

This is the significant adaptation of Brown algae.

What is cellular differentiation? 

800

Describe how to make a hanging drop slide. 

1) Petroleum jelly on 4 corners of coverslip

2) Mix bacterial culture and use loop/pipette to place drop on center of coverslip.

3) Put concave side of slide down onto coverslip

4) Carefully flip slide over

800
Mega Man's robot dog and this 80s band have the same name. 

What is Rush?

1000

These are the four mechanisms behind bacterial mobility. 

What are the Axial Filament, Flagella, Pili, and Slime?

1000

This is the pigment found in the Division Rhodophyta. 

What is Phycoerthrin?

1000

This is why slime molds are of significant interest of evolutionary and developmentary biologists. 

What is "self-sacrificing behavior?"

1000

This is used to remove the moisture from a freshly prepared, heat treated slide. 

What is bibulous paper? 

1000

These are the 4 original Perk-a-Colas from Call of Duty Zombies. 

What are JuggerNog, Speed Cola, Double Tap Root Beer, and Quick Revive? 

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