Biochemistry
Beta sheets and alpha helices are this kind of protein structure
What is secondary structure?
Commonly referred to as "the powerhouse of the cell"
What is the mitochondria?
These are the three states of matter.
What are solid, liquid, and gas?
Which degenerative disease was named for the English surgeon who first made a detailed description of the condition in a paper entitled "An Essay on the Shaking Palsy"?
What is Parkinson's disease?
Taken in 1952, this image is the first X-ray picture of DNA, which led to the discovery of its molecular structure by these two scientists.
Who are Watson and Crick?
This is a type of covalent bond that joins a carbohydrate (sugar) molecule to another group, which may or may not be another carbohydrate.
What is a glycosidic bond?
One of the most famous species studied by Charles Darwin
What is a finch?
The common term for an electrochemical cell in which terminals are connected to electrodes immersed in a solution of electrolytes?
What is a battery?
This syndrome results in developmental delays and a characteristic facial and bodily appearance and was named for the doctor who first described it in the 1860s.
What is Down Syndrome?
Codiscovered the chemical elements radium and polonium; she made numerous pioneering contributions to the study of radioactive elements; she carried out the first research into the treatment of tumors with radiation.
Who is Marie Curie?
Glycolysis occurs in this part of the cell.
What is the cytosol?
The most common element in the human body.
Oxygen
This law states that the amount of heat needed to change one substance to another depends on the substances and not on the reactions involved
Hess's Law
This form of dementia was named after the German neuropathologist and psychiatrist who identified the first case of the disease in 1901.
What is Alzheimer's disease?
Founded the science of genetics; identified many of the rules of heredity; identified recessive and dominant traits, and that traits are passed from parents to offspring in a mathematically predictable way.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
The organ is where gluconeogenesis primarily occurs.
What is the liver?
These are the 5 major steps in mitosis.
What are prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, and cytokinesis?
On the periodic table silver is noted as Ag, which is short for the latin word...
What is Argentum?
In 1531, when the Spanish conquest was beginning, Mexico suffered one of its first known epidemics. This disease, known in Spanish as "sarampion", causes fevers, red eyes, and rashes, as well as the appearance of Koplik's spots.
What are Measles?
Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prize in 1921 for this topic.
What is the photoelectric effect?
This hormone activates glycogen synthase.
What is insulin?
The scientific term for the production of light by living organisms
What is bioluminescence?
The atomic number of Xenon.
What is 54?
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease that caused degeneration of the motor neurons of the central nervous system, resulting in loss of voluntary muscle control, and ultimately death. The colloquial name for this disease in the United States is...
What is Lou Gehrig's disease?
American chemist and Nobel laureate (2005) recognized for his contributions to the olefin metathesis reaction used in organic chemistry. Also current UCR faculty.
Who is Richard Schrock?