What's That Organelle?
What organelle is known as the powerhouse of the cell?
Mitochondria
In chemistry, a cation is a positively charged ion.. what is the corresponding five letter term for a negatively charged ion?
Anion
What is the largest organ in the body?
the skin
What type of cell (animal or plant) contains several small vacuoles for storing and transporting biological substances?
Animal cell
The first vaccine was developed for which disease?
Smallpox
Which ER (rough or smooth) DOES NOT make proteins?
The smooth ER
How many elements are on the periodic table?
118
Where does gas exchange take place in the body?
Alveoli
What are the products of photosynthesis?
Glucose and Oxygen
What is the largest desert?
Antarctic
Which organelle processes proteins?
The Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)
What do you call the elements Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon, Radon and Oganesson?
Noble gases
3
What is the name of the vesicles that are responsible for intracellular transport from the ER to the Golgi?
COP-II vesicles
True or False, A cell can have more than one mitochondria.
True!
Which organelle eats up damaged parts of the cells and recycles the proteins to be reused?
Lysosomes
What color does copper burn?
Blue/green, or emerald green
What part of the human body is the only part that does not receive a direct blood supply?
The cornea
What is the protein that holds tRNAs during translation in bacteria?
EF-Tu
Name the 4 planets in the solar system with rings.
Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune
These organelles have a '9+2' axoneme (microtubule structure). What are the names of the 2 organelles?
Cilia and Flagella
When a material goes from a solid to gas, without becoming a liquid, whats that known as?
Sublimation
What is the name of the procedure involving the removal of the gallbladder?
Cholecystectomy
What does the "S" stand for in ribosome designations (ex: 50S)
Svedberg unit
Many of us believe that the average human has 5 senses, but that's not actually true. What two other senses do we have that are often left unknown to most people?
Vestibular and proprioceptive senses
vestibular - informs the brain of a person's position in space
proprioceptive - informs the brain of the relative position of certain body parts to others