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It's the element upon which all life on Earth is built (and the name of a Need for Speed video game from 2006!)
What is Carbon?
This Greek thinker is to thank for our ability to find the hypotenuse of a triangle.
Who is Pythagoras?
Often abbreviated as "S.P.A.", these three philosophers are widely studied in PHIL 101 classes around the world.
Who are Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle?
This famous American author is known for such classics as "Grapes of Wrath" and "Of Mice and Men"
Who is John Steinbeck?
This is the number of credits required to graduate from EMU!
What is 124?
According to Newton's Third Law of Motion, every action has one of these.
What is an equal and opposite reaction?
This is the highest or lowest point on a parabola.
What is the vertex?
This is the collective name for the first ten amendments of the United States constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
For this famous American poet, hope is "a thing with feathers".
Who is Emily Dickinson?
At the time of its founding in 1849, this was the original name of Eastern Michigan University
What is the Michigan State Normal School?
In binary code, made by computer programers, the number 2 is not represented as II, but as this.
What is 10?
These numbers cannot be evenly divided by any number except for themselves and 1.
What are Prime Numbers?
This is the current number of sovereign nations according to the United Nations.
What is 193?
This Harlem Renaissance Poet famously asked "What happens to a dream deferred?"
Who is Langston Hughes?
They are the current EMU Student Body President and Vice President.
Who are Ethan Smith and Hajer Abuzir?
In the field of ecology, this concept refers to the number of organisms that an environment can support.
What is carrying capacity?
The two solutions of the following:
X^2+7X+12=0
What are 3 and 4?
According to this concept from Political Economy, it is advantageous to have a team full of specialists who can all cover each others' weaknesses.
What is comparative advantage?
This is the number of sonnets written my William Shakespeare.
What is 154?
This College within EMU has the greatest enrollment out of the 5.
What is the College of Arts and Sciences?
This is the process through which microorganisms like yeast convert sugars into ethyl alcohol (Cheers!).
What is fermentation?
This is essentially the opposite of an integral (Don't forget your product and quotient rules!).
What is a derivative?
This often-studied writ literally translates to "Produce the body".
What is "Habeas Corpus"?
This author is responsible for giving us Orcs, the powerful fantasy race often depicted with tusks.
Who is J. R. R. Tolkien?
According to the university website, this is the number of undergraduate degrees and programs offered by EMU.
What is 552?