Famous Women in STEM
This scientist’s work on radioactivity led to her becoming the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
Who is Marie Curie?
This structure is known as the "powerhouse of the cell.
What is the Mitochondria?
The value of this number is approximately 3.14159
What is pi?
The movie we watched about three women who helped NASA in their pursuit to get a man into space.
What is Hidden Figures?
This scientist formulated the three laws of motion that are still used to describe the relationship between a body and the forces acting on it.
Who was Isaac Newton?
This African American mathematician played a crucial role in NASA’s space missions and was featured in Hidden Figures.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
The discovery of this molecule’s double-helix structure revolutionized molecular biology.
What is DNA?
The longest side of a right triangle is called this.
What is the Hypotenuse?
This zoologist wrote about her experiences with primates in the book "In the Shadow of Man".
Who is Jane Goodall?
This is the force that opposes the relative motion or tendency of such motion of two surfaces in contact.
What is friction?
A chemist whose work on X-ray diffraction was crucial to understanding the structure of DNA, though her contributions were not fully recognized until after her death
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
These structures, found only in plant cells, allow them to perform photosynthesis.
What are Chloroplasts?
This famous theorem states that a² + b² = c² for right triangles.
What is the Pythagorean theorem?
She is known for her vast intellect, incredible problem-solving abilities, and her proficiency in both magical theory and practical application in the 'Harry Potter' Series.
Who is Hermione Granger?
What type of energy does the car have when it is at rest?
What is Potential Energy?
An engineer, physician, and astronaut, the first African American woman to travel to space
Who is Mae C. Jemison?
Humans inherit these paired structures, one from each parent, that contain genetic information.
What are Chromosomes?
Two angles of a triangle are 50 degrees, what is the value of the third angle?
What is 80 degrees?
T'Challa's sister in the movie 'Black Panther' who is a technological genius responsible for creating some of the most advanced technology in the Marvel Universe, including the Black Panther suit.
Who is Shuri?
This is the SI unit of power, defined as one joule of energy transferred in one second.
What is a watt?
The first woman to chair a department in the School of Medicine and the first woman to be named a Kenan professor here at UNC. Has a building named after her.
Who Mary Ellen Jones?
This type of RNA carries genetic information from DNA to ribosomes for protein synthesis.
What is mRNA?
You take this to find the area underneath a function.
What is an integral?
She was the woman portrayed in "Hidden Figures" who was responsible for the mathematical calculations needed to get a man into space.
Who was Katherine Johnson?
The acceleration due to gravity on the moon in m/s2.
What is 1.625 m/s2.