Henrietta Lacks
Lacks visited John Hopkins Hospital to treat what condition?
A tumor on her cervix
The meaning of Pocahontas' nickname
"playful one"
Jocelyn Bell Burnell is from
Northern Ireland
What dynasty was Wu Zetian born into?
Tang Dynasty
The prominent cancer researcher that Henrietta Lacks' cell samples were sent to.
Sued by the Lacks' estate for past and ongoing unauthorized sales of Lacks’ HeLa cell line.
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Name of Pocahontas' son
Thomas
Bell discovered what?
Radio pulsars
Entered the palace of Tang emperor Taizong as what?
Junior concubine
Rebecca
Scientists nicknamed Lacks' cells what?
HeLa
Pocahontas aided Rolfe in the cultivation of this crop.
Tobacco
Anthony Hewish & Martin Rylel
What qualities was Wu Zetian known for?
Ruthlessness, courage, decisiveness
Wu Zetian renamed a mountain that came from an earthquake what?
Mount Felicity
Consent issues and privacy concerns
How did Pocahontas contribute to the peace between the colonists and the Powhatan tribe
Either answer works:
developed friendships with the settlers
and
delivered messages/gifts
As a child Bells was only able to study science because
Her parents protested her school’s rule banning girls from the field
After Wu Zetian took to the throne, what natural hazard occurred and what was it interpreted as?
An earthquake, seen as a "bad omen"
What year was Bell rewarded the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics?
2018
Lacks' cells have been used to study what?
What is (any one answer works)
- effects of radiation
- human genome
- how viruses work
- developing polio and even COVID-19 vaccine
Why did the peace between the colonists and Powhatan end?
Colonists demanded more food, Powhatan declined because of shortages and drought
What did Bell do with the 2.3 million dollars from Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics?
Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund -- donated to help help female, minority, and refugee students seeking to become physics researchers
One acheivement of Wu Zetian's
1. Created new characters for the Chinese writing system
2. Reopened the Silk Road which had been closed because of plague.
3. Created Zhou dynasty
4. Conquered Korea with her method of military recruitment
Name one reason Wu Zetian's rule was efficient
1. eliminated bureaucracy
2. direct line of communication between herself and citizens