Genetics
Chemistry
Cell Bio
Ecology
QBIC
100

This term describes an organism with two different alleles for a particular trait in Mendelian genetics.

What is heterozygous?

100

The chemical formula for methane.

What is CH4?

100

This organelle is responsible for producing energy in the form of ATP in eukaryotic cells.

What is the mitochondrion?

100

This is the process by which carbon is transferred from the atmosphere to organisms and then back to the atmosphere.

What is the carbon cycle?

100

In this class, QBIC students are expected to read research articles and meet once a week to discuss them. 

What are QBIC Journal Clubs?

200

This process transfers genetic information from DNA to RNA.

What is transcription?

200

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without passing through the liquid state.

What is sublimation?

200

This organelle is often referred to as the "protein factories" of the cell.

What is the ribosome?

200

This term describes the relationship between two species where one benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped.

What is commensalism?

200

This room is located in GL 153.

Where/What is the QBIC room?

300

This genetic disorder is characterized by the absence of melanin pigment in the skin, hair, and eyes.

What is albinism?

300

This term describes a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process.

What is a catalyst?

300

This is the fluid-filled sac found in plant cells that stores water and maintains turgor pressure.

What is the vacuole?

300

This is the ecological term for the total mass of living organisms in a given area.

What is biomass?

300

In this event, QBIC students are given the opportunity to present their research in front of professors and peers every Spring. 

What is the Annual QBIC Research Symposium?

400

The term for a sequence of three nucleotides in DNA or RNA that codes for a specific amino acid.

What is a codon?

400

In a redox reaction, the species that loses electrons is said to undergo this process.

What is oxidation?

400

This process describes when cells engulf large particles or even other cells.

What is phagocytosis?

400

This biome is characterized by low temperatures, little precipitation, and permafrost.

What is the tundra?

400

This is QBIC's Program Coordinator.

Who is Kathryn Bond?

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