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100

Empedocles said that these were the “essence” of all material substances

What are Fire; eath; water; air?

100

This famous artist painted the Mona Lisa.

Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?

100

The Spring 2022 Bio 108 SI Leaders

Who are Ross Dare and Tim Nguyen?

100

You took Chem 211 with this professor if you took it in the fall semester.

Who is Dr. Gounev?

100

0 degrees Celsius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit

What is the freezing point of water?

200

Though incomplete in 1869, this famous chemist developed the modern periodic table.

Who is Mendeleev?

200

Vincent van Gogh’s older brother (first name)

Who is Vincent?

200

Love them or hate them, there are usually this many basic multiple-choice questions on a Bio 108 exam.

15

200

The Dean of the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences.

Who is Dr. White?

200

6.022E-23

What is Avagadro’s Number?

300

John Dalton published this theory in 1803

What is the Atomic Theory? (matter is composed of atoms)

300

Salvador Dali is associated with this common art movement.

What is Surrealism?

300

Bio 108 students are required to attend once a week. It’s only five points, but they rack up fast.

What are Small Study Groups?

300

If you didn’t take Chemistry 321 on sequence, it would have been a paradox if you had taken organic chemistry with this professor.

Who is Dr. Kilway?

300

Glycolysis nets this number of ATP molecules.

What is 2?

400

In 1926, this bane of quantum physics and O chem students everywhere developed the electron cloud model.

Who is Schrodinger?

400

This famous artist was accused of stealing the Mona Lisa.

Who is Pablo Picasso?

400

Before lockdown browser, freshmen would line up to take their bio 108 and 109 exams on the hour in this room on the fourth floor of the library.

What is the Bio Studio?

400

If you want to be a ULA, you’ll probably need to talk to this Bio 350 professor, who happens to also teach 109 in the fall.

Who is Dr. Magana?

400

This SI prefix is smaller than a tera, but bigger than a mega.

What is a giga?

500

Her work did her in, but before she died, Marie Curie discovered these four elements.

What are uranium, thorium, radium, and plutonium?

500

Everyone knows the Vincent van Goh “Starry Night” is based off of the artist's view from where?

Where is his asylum room? (saint-Remy-de-Provence)

500

Dr. Benevides began his work at UMKC this year.

When is 1987?

500

If you didn’t take biology 109 lab with Bledsoe, you probably took it with this plant-loving professor.

Who is Dr. Kapros?

500

I’ll give you domain, but you’re on your own for the other seven levels of classification bio 109 students were required to memorize.

What is kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species?

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