Chemistry
The periodic table is organized by this number, representing the number of protons in an atom.
Atomic Number
This scientist proposed the germ theory of disease and created the process of pasteurization.
Louis Pasteur
The first human to travel into space.
Yuri Gagarin
This animal shares the most recent common ancestor with humans (it is our closest relative).
Chimpanzee or Bonobo
Blood type O is known as this because it can donate to all other types.
The number of hydrogen atoms in one molecule of water.
Two
H2O
She conducted research on radioactivity and discovered polonium. She actually coined the term “radioactivity” and died of aplastic anemia, likely due to long-term exposure to the substances she studied.
Marie Curie
This 2021 telescope can see in the infrared and is located at a gravitational "Lagrange point.". It replaced the aging Hubble space telescope.
The James Webb Space Telescope
The type of symbiosis where one organism benefits at the expense of its host.
Parasitism
This hormone, produced by the adrenal glands during stress, is also called adrenaline.
Epinephrine
The chemical symbol for lead.
Pb
This Austrian monk is considered the father of genetics.
Hints: He worked with pea plants, and has a namesake in a Suzanne Collins book (before hunger games)
Gregor Mendel
The boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing can return.
Hint: Name of a 90s horror movie
Event Horizon
The name of one invasive animal species relevant to Ohio. Full species name required.
Emerald Ash Borer, Asian Lady Beetle, Spotted Lanternfly, etc.
This is the name of a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell division and the ability to spread to other tissues.
Cancer
The unit used to describe the amount of a substance in the SI system.
Hint: Also the name of a small terrestrial mammal
Mol
This 19th-century English physician is considered one of the fathers of modern epidemiology after tracing a cholera outbreak to a contaminated water pump in London.
Hint: Game of Thrones
John Snow
Titan is the largest moon of this planet.
Saturn
The name of an species of animal that recognizes it's own reflection (i.e. is self aware).
Great Apes, Whales/Dolphins, Elephants, Magpies
A medical doctor specializing in pain management and keeps patients unconscious during surgery.
Anesthesiologist
The group of inert gases, like neon and argon.
Noble Gases
This American ecologist wrote Silent Spring, which sparked the modern environmental movement.
Rachel Carson
The unit astronomers use to measure large-scale distances in our galaxy, approximately 3.26 light-years.
Hint: Han Solo's Kessel Run in the Millennium Falcon
Parsec
This body region of an insect contains the legs and wings.
Thorax
This type of virus specifically infects bacteria and can follow either a lytic or lysogenic cycle.
phage or bacteriophage