Medical
Zoology
Botany
Microbiology
Misc.
100
Which blood cells help fight infections?
White blood cells or neutrophils.
100
What do you call a baby frog?
Tadpole = normal points
Froglet = 200 points
Polliwog (adorable) = 500 points!
100
What pigment is responsible for the green color in most plants?
Chlorophyll
100
What is this?
bacteriophage = 200 points
virus = infect another team with -200 points
100
Which plant is famous for producing a fruit that has seeds on the outside?
Strawberry
(This counts as a botany question)
200
Which organ removes toxins and helps process nutrients from food?
The Liver
200
What is the difference between an endotherm and an ectotherm?
Endotherms make their own body heat
Ectotherms rely on external heat.
200
Who is the "father of genetics"?
Gregor Mendel
normal points OR 0 points & all future botany questions are worth 100 additional points
200
Who discovered that heating and rapidly cooling foods like milk and wine kills bacteria?
Louis Pasture
normal points OR give another team -300 points
200
The four nucleotide bases of DNA are A, G, C and ____.
T (thymine)
300
What is the difference between innate and adaptive immunity?
Innate immunity is the fast, non-specific, first line of defense.
Adaptive immunity is the slower, highly specific, learned response.
300
What does this caterpillar turn into?
A Monarch Butterfly
300
Where on the plant do brussel sprouts grow?
On the side of the stalk
300
What is the name for bacteria that thrive in high temperatures.
Thermophiles.
300
What animal has the highest blood pressure?
The Giraffe
400
What organ systems have the subarachnoid cisterns
The nervous system
400
This type of symmetry means an organism can be divided into equal halves along multiple planes (think starfish).
(Answer: Radial Symmetry) = Normal points
400
Which image contains a carnivorous plant?
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The Forked Sundew
400
What type of disease do prions cause?
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Mad Cow Disease.
Team may take full points OR give another team -500 points
400
Which bacteria was tested as a bio-weapon by the British during World War II?
Anthrax (A common soil bacteria that becomes deadly when dispersed in the air).
500
Who discovered the world’s first antibiotic in 1923?
Alexander Fleming
500
What is this?
(Answer: Bird-of-Paradise) = full points
The Superb Bird-of-Paradise = 600 points
A Bird = 100 points
500
What is the common name for "Solanum tuberosum"
(Answer: A potato) = full points & all subsequent botany questions are worth 100 additional points
500
What are viroids?
Pieces of DNA that infect cells and cause them to replicate the viroid (like viruses).
500
What is Zymology
(Answer: The Study of Fermentation) = Normal points OR 100 points & x2 next question.