Ecology
In an energy pyramid, what percentage of energy moves from one trophic level to another?
10%
The # of chambers crocodilian hearts have
what is 4
What halogen is greenish-yellow in color and was crucial in the development of mustard gas?
What is Chlorine
What antibiotic was discovered accidentally in 1928 and is still widely used today?
What is Penicillin
What land animal has the strongest bite?
What is a hippopotamus
List all 5 mechanisms of evolution
mutation, natural selection, non-random mating, genetic drift, gene flow
Location of the Clavicles
What is anterior, medial
What is the bond angle for an sp2-hybridized carbon?
120 degrees
COVID-19 revived a popular polio-era negative pressure ventilator better known by what metallic name?
Iron Lung
What subphylum are spiders?
Chelicerata
What biome has hot, dry summers and cool, moist winters, and is also known as the Mediterranean shrubland?
Southern California is this biome
The 3 normal vital signs
What is Temp: ~98.6, Heart rate: 60-80 BPM, BP: 120/80, breaths: 12-20 respirations/min , 95-100% O2 in blood.
Which noble gas can bypass the octet rule under special conditions (and be able to react
What is the xenon
What is the longest sleep stage?
What is N2: light sleep stage
How many times did wings evolve separately?
4 times: insects, birds, mammals, pterosaurs
What species is the tallest flowering plant in the world?
Eucalypts
What is the function of the lysosome?
What is Waste recycling/Macromolecule breakdown
What happens when you burn Mg?
Produces very bright light
What is the main difference between the polio vaccine versus the Covid vaccine?
polio vaccine uses dead viruses, and most Covid vaccines use mRNA
how many hearts does an octopus have
3
What causes oceanic gyres?
The friction of global surface winds combined with the Coriolis effect drives large-scale surface ocean currents.
The three types of cartilage.
What is hyaline, elastic, and fibrocartilage
What is the bond angle of an O in a C=O bond in any molecule (ie. carboxylic acid)? Hint: look up or draw any molecule with C=O bonds
180°
What is the deadliest overall cancer worldwide
Lung Cancer
What animal has 32 brains?