Elements
One of these is not a real element: Californium, Floridium, Tennessine
What is Floridium?
This chemical gives vinegar its sour taste
What is acetic acid?
Pauling found an "alpha" type of this spiral in proteins; Watson & Crick found a "double" one in DNA
What is helix?
Latin for "whip" gives us the name of this hairlike appendage, used for locomotion by most bacteria
What is flagellum?
This latin word for a type of cake gives us the name of what temporary, nutrient rich fetal organ
What is the placenta?
The 2 substances that are the main components of bronze
What is copper and tin?
Winning for Physics & Chemistry, this Polish woman is one of the 2 Nobel Laureates in 2 different fields
Who is Marie Curie?
Trehalose is the major blood sugar in insects; this is its counterpart in humans
What is Glucose?
Let's muscle in some biology with this muscle in the upper arm; its name comes from Latin words for "2" & "head"
What is bicep?
This is the year that Britney Spears "Toxic" came out
What is 2003?
One of these is not a real element: Einsteinium, Curium, Teslanium
What is Teslanium?
Found in a 1970 Tom Wolfe book title, it's a chemistry term, a math quantity & a drastic word in politics
What is Radical?
The baleen plates in the mouths of certain whales are made of this protein, the same as your fingernails & hair
What is keratin?
The majority of digestions takes place in this part of the body
What is the small intestine?
This weird evolutionary thing is shared by certain species of all three creatures: Gnats, jellyfish, squids
What is bioluminescence?
This metal, when placed in a flame, will change the flame colorless(Or occasionally bluish green)
What is Zinc?
This term is for the process in which a solid changes directly to a gas without first becoming a liquid
What is sublimation?
This is the term for the non-protein molecules that an enzyme needs to become a catalyst
What is cofactor?
Thrombocytopenia, which may cause symptoms such as easy bruising or bleeding gums, is an abnormally low level of this specific component of blood
What are platelets?
This Greek physician was the first to keep records of his patients histories.
What is Hippocrates?
Both used in the nuclear power industry, these first 2 transuranium elements are named for heavenly bodies.
What is neptunium and plutonium?
This term is used for a solution that contains more solute than a saturated solution under the same conditions
What is supersaturated solution?
Announced in 2020, the program AlphaFold 2 program became record settlingly good at using AI algorithms to accurately predict the structure of these biomolecules
What are proteins?
Klinefelter’s syndrome is caused by a nondisjunction resulting in a genotype of this kind
What is XXY?
The Beatles just came out with new music, what is it called?
What is now and then?