Math
The only even prime number
2
A protein’s ____ structure describes its three-dimensional shape
Tertiary
This women helped develop the model of foremost model of studying enzyme kinetics
Maud Menten
The famous fashion doll that was sent into space in 2022 to encourage girls in STEM
Space Barbie
This organelle is famously called “the powerhouse of the cell”
Mitochondria
What is L’Hôpital’s Rule used for?
Evaluating indeterminate forms
Which law describes the relationship between an ideal gases’ pressure and volume?
Boyle’s law
This woman was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist; she was known for her work with radioactivity
Marie Curie
The only human organ that can regenerate itself, even if 75% of it is removed
The liver
This classification system defines living things into categories like kingdoms, domains, and orders.
Taxonomy
The area under the curve
The integral
What is the scientific term for rusting?
Oxidation
This woman was responsible for getting the first image of DNA, and her data was later stolen by Watson and Crick
Rosalind Franklin
The year the modern periodic table (with atomic numbers) was introduced
1912
A genetic disorder in which both parents are carriers for the disease that their child inherits
Autosomal recessive
The number that is real and imaginary at the same time
0
What is the 9th element?
Fluorine
Marine biologist and author of Silent Spring (launched environmental movement)
Rachel Carson
The element a diamond is composed of
Carbon
Organs like the appendix and wisdom teeth are this type of organ, or one that has lost its original function through evolution.
Vestigial organ
Percent of math professors at DePaul that are women
31% (9/29)
How many postulates are there of the kinetic molecular theory of gases?
5
NASA mathematician, helped calculate trajectories for Mercury and Apollo missions (Hidden Figures)
Katherine Johnson
The first American woman in space
Sally Ride
The first immortalized human cell line, named for the woman whose cancer cells were taken and used without her consent.
HeLa Cells, for Henrietta Lacks