Wild West
Cowboys use this tool to protect their faces from dust
What is a bandana?
UMD was founded in this year
What is 1856?
BPO's founding year
What is 2010?
This type of joint allows for rotational movement and is found in the shoulder and hip
What is a ball-and-socket joint?
This common organic molecule is composed of one carbon atom bonded to three hydrogen atoms
What is methane?
Cowboys often wore these over their pants to protect their legs from brush and cacti
What are chaps?
The number of academic colleges at UMD
What is 12?
The name of this semester's upcoming class
What is upsilon?
This term describes the non-coding regions of a gene that are transcribed into RNA but are removed during the processing of mRNA
What are introns?
This layer of the Earth lies directly beneath the crust and is composed mainly of silicate minerals rich in iron and magnesium
What is the mantle?
The top two famous jean brands that were created in the wild west
What is Levi's and Wrangler?
The number of libraries on UMD's campus
What is 6?
BPO's five pillars
What is Service, Unity, Diversity, Proactivity, and Intellect?
This molecular process, often initiated by specific cell surface receptors, leads to programmed cell death and is crucial for maintaining tissue homeostasis
What is apoptosis?
This planet is known for its tilted axis, which results in extreme seasonal variations
What is Uranus?
Cowboys wear these metal devices on their boots to help guide their horses with subtle leg movements, often designed in silver
What are spurs?
The year the men's basketball team won the NCAA national championship for the first time
What is 2002?
BPO's mission statement
What is "help students help themselves?"
This process, involving the breakdown of complex molecules into simpler ones, releases energy and is essential for metabolism
What is catabolism?
This term describes the energy required to remove an electron from an atom or ion in its gaseous state
What is ionization energy?
In rodeo, this term refers to the animal that a cowboy or cowgirl must ride for a specific event, such as a bull or bronco
What is a stock?
This percentage of students at UMD are Maryland residents
What is 76%?
The number of classes in BPO that currently have active members in them
What is 5?
These short segments of DNA are synthesized discontinuously on the lagging strand during DNA replication
What are Okazaki fragments?
This principle, related to quantum chemistry, states that electrons will occupy the lowest available energy level before filling higher levels
What is the Aufbau principle?