Real Jeopardy
A Norse explorer thought to set foot on America before Christopher Columbus.
Who is Leif Erikson?
One of the main differences between the internals of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells is the location of this.
DNA (Nucleus vs Nucleoid)
The process that controls a cells exchange of molecules and ions with its surroundings
Selective Permeability
What are the two laws of thermodynamics
Energy and matter can not be lost or created. Law of Entropy
This nervous, accident-prone scientist is the assistant to the famous Professor Bunsen Honeydew.
Who is Beaker from the Muppet Show?
This 1997 movie focuses on a janitor at MIT.
What is Good Will Hunting?
Sometimes jokingly referred to as the "powerhouse of the cell" this organelle generates most of the ATP in animal cells
The Mitochondrion
In what way do the membranes of a eukaryotic cell vary?
Certain Proteins are unique to each membrane
What is the collection of chemical reactions that occur in an organism.
Metabolism
This scientist is known for their extensive work with gravity, motion and invention of calculus. However their occult practices are less well remembered.
Who is Isaac Newton
Discovered in 1928, this groundbreaking substance revolutionized medicine by combating bacterial infections.
What is penicillin?
What is the purpose of the Lysosome
Breakdown of ingested substances,
cell macromolecules, and damaged
organelles for recycling
What are the three types of endocytosis
phagocytosis, pinocytosis, and receptor-mediated endocytosis.
What is the difference between kinetic and chemical energy
Energy vs Potential (among others)
This Polish-French scientist was seen as the pioneer of radioactivity, to the point that many of their historical belongings are still dangerous to handle and stored in lead-lined boxes over a hundred years later.
Who is Marie Curie.
In 1921, he was appointed as an advisor on Arab affairs to then British Colonial Minister Winston Churchill
Who was Thomas Edward Lawrence, aka Lawrence of Arabia.
Out of the following which are found in plant cells and animal cells? Chloroplast, Central Vacuole, Mitochondrion, Centriole
Mitochondrion
4. Which of the following processes includes all the others?
(A) osmosis
(B) diffusion of a solute across a membrane
(C) passive transport
(D) transport of an ion down its electrochemical gradient
C
This is a living systems energy that can do work under cellular conditions
Gibbs Free energy
The Russian chemist who is credited with creating the periodic table in 1869.
Who is Dimitri Mendeleev?
Potpourri
You know from trips to the ATM that Andrew Jackson is on the front of the $20; this building is on the back.
What is the White House?
Activity
Draw an animal cell with organelles labeled, best and most accurate picture wins. You have 60 seconds on my go.
What is the difference between hypertonic, hypotonic and isotonic
Concentration of solutes (higher, lower, equal)
Most cells can not harness heat to preform work because?
The temperature of a cell is generally uniform throughout
Although James Watson, Francis Crick & Maurice Wilkins received the 1962 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of the shape of DNA, this Scientist was notably absent from credit which can be seen as the effect of theft, sexism and misogyny.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?