Major Concepts
Science Stew
Old Labs
Itty Bitty Details
How Well Do You Know Us?
100
The complimentary (almost reverse) reaction to photosynthesis.
What is cellular respiration?
100
The name of the plastic plate on which we are growing bacteria.
What is a petri dish?
100
We extracted this from strawberries.
What is DNA?
100
Iodine turns this color in the presence of starch.
What is purple?
100
Ms. Bonville is from this state.
What is New Jersey?
200
The term assigned to processes that do not require energy, like fermentation.
What is anaerobic?
200
The name of the tail found on some cells including bacteria and sperm, used for movement.
What is flagellum?
200
You wandered around the room pretended to be this kind of molecule, passing through water, air, and waste.
What is nitrogen?
200
The name of H2O2 - a toxic substance that is broken down (and bubbles) in the presence of the enzyme peroxidase.
What is peroxide?
200
Mrs. Hayes has this many children, all sons.
What is three?
300
The type of macromolecule coded for by DNA, responsible for the expression of all of your traits.
What is protein?
300
We know that Unknown Fat X has this many double bonds because it is solid at room temperature.
What is zero?
300
The name of the procedure in which we put DNA fragments into gel and moved them using an electric current. (Produces a DNA fingerprint).
What is gel electrophoresis?
300
The type of organisms studied by Gregor Mendel.
What are pea plants?
300
Ms. Bonville is terrified of this creature.
What is jellyfish?
400
The three organelles in the cell that: 1. Store food, water, and waste 2. Make proteins directly 3. Act as the control center
What are: 1. Vacuole 2. Ribosome 3. Nucleus
400
In the "Whose Hands are Dirtier?" experiment, this is the dependent variable.
What is the amount of bacterial growth?
400
The type of liquid that made the eggs shrink the most during the week-long osmosis lab.
What is corn syrup?
400
The name of the islands visited and studied by Charles Darwin.
What are the Galapagos Islands?
400
Two types of animals that can be found on the Hayes' farm.
What are chickens, horses, dogs?
500
The type of solution, like those found in (deadly) pure water IVs, that can cause your blood cells to explode (hemolysis).
What is hypotonic?
500
The name of the vestigial bone-like structure found on the inside of horses' front legs.
What is the chestnut?
500
Few of us were able to successfully balance a paper clip on water in one of our first labs when we tried to demonstrate this property of water.
What is surface tension?
500
The name of the folds in the mitochondrial membrane and the location of the electron transport chain.
What are cristae?
500
The name of Ms. Bonville's dog.
What is Frankie?
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