What is the basic unit of life?
Cell
What is the term for the diffusion of water?
Osmosis
What is the fluid portion of a cell?
Cytoplasm
What type of microscope uses light that passes through an object?
Light Microscope
What is the other name for the Devil's Triangle?
Bermuda Triangle
What theory states that all life is made of cells, cells are the basic unit of life, and new cells come from existing cells?
Cell Theory
What is a type of movement of molecules that requires energy from the cell?
Active Transport
A plant cell has two organelles that deal with energy. Name them. (Animal cells only have the one that starts with “m”)
Mitochondria and Chloroplast
In SEM and TEM, what does the "E" stand for?
(s= scanning, t= transmission, m= microscope)
Electron
What is "The Devil's Picture Book"?
A deck of cards
What is the term for cells that have a nucleus?
Eukaryote
What is a type of movement of molecules that does not require any energy from the cell?
Passive Transport
What chemical process happens in the chloroplasts in plant cells?
Photosynthesis
(Total number of other planets we have found with life) times (the number of billions of humans on Earth) divided by (the square root of 64)
0
What does "Dot dot dot, dash dash dash, dot dot dot" say?
S O S
What is the term for single-cells without a nucleus?
Prokaryote
What is the term for relatively constant internal physical and chemical conditions that cells or organisms need to live?
The cell membrane is made of a lipid bilayer (two layers). One side of the molecules that make it are
hydro_________ , and the other side is
hydro_________.
hydroPHILIC and hydroPHOBIC
What gas is the most abundant in the air on Earth?
Nitrogen (78%)
On a standard QWERTY keyboard, how many vowels are on the top row of letters (not including "y")?
Four
Where is the DNA kept in Eukaryotes?
Nucleus
What is the term for all of the specialized structures inside of cells?
Organelles
Plant cells are far more rigid than animal cells because they have ______ just outside of the cell membrane.
cell walls
In the UK, what is a lollipop man or lady?
A crossing guard
Seen on their label, how many varieties is the Heinz company famous for?
51