what is life?
Where photosynthesis occurs.
Most commonly used unit of work.
What is Joule?
Number of species of mammals in the ocean (closest answer wins).
What is 130?
A bat species that we do not have in our lab currently (genus and species names!)
What is literally any bat that isn't Rousettus aegyptiacus, Carollia perspicillata, or Artibeus jamaicensis?
Two types of roosts that bats use aside from caves.
Trees, mine shafts, abandoned buildings, large leaves, rock crevices, etc!
More species-rich group: bats or birds.
What are birds (~10,000 species compared to ~1,500 bat species)?
Force acting on a body rotating about a point.
What is centripetal force?
What is a whale shark?
Bats with nose leafs (give the family!)
Phyllostomidae
Two predators of bats.
What are other bats, snakes, owls, other birds of prey, etc?
Suppose a white rabbit breeds with a black rabbit and all of their offspring have gray fur. What does the gene for fur color in rabbits appear to be an example of? A) mosaicism, B) codominance, C) incomplete dominance, D) complete dominance
What is C) incomplete dominance?
Distance to the moon from the earth.
What is 238,900 miles or 384,472 km?
Draw a seahorse. You have 20 seconds. Deciding vote goes to Joao for absolutely no reason.
let's see!
Smallest species of bat alive today.
What is Craseonycteris thonglongyi, or the bumblebee bat?
The hypothesis that bats can carry diseases without getting sick due to high internal body temperatures.
What is the fever hypothesis?
All bacteria are ______.
What is prokaryotic or single-celled?
Speed at which acceleration of a falling object terminates because air resistance balances its weight.
What is terminal speed?
Scientific name for the study of fishes.
What is ichthyology?
Type of bats with "suction cups" on their feet and thumbs.
What are disk-winged bats (Thyropteridae) or sucker-footed bats (Myzopoda)?
Animals that share the ability to hear ultrasound with bats.
What are dolphins and mice?
The four types of nitrogenous bases that make up DNA.
What are cytosine, adenine, thymine, guanine?
Closest galaxy to ours.
What is Andromeda?
Largest type of salmon.
What is King Salmon or chinook?
Age of oldest bat fossil known to date, Icaronycteris index (in mya).
What is 52.2 mya?
Muscle present in bats connecting the cranium to the thumb.
What is the occipitopollicalis muscle?