Cell City
This organelle is known as the "powerhouse of the cell."
What is the mitochondrion?
In 2021, scientists successfully edited human embryos using this gene-editing tool.
What is CRISPR?
He is known as the “Father of Genetics” and experimented with pea plants.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
The largest organ in the human body.
What is the skin?
This human body part is strong enough to dissolve metal like zinc.
What is stomach acid?
This structure controls what leaves and enters the cell.
What is the cell membrane?
In 2022, NASA confirmed that this planet may have an ocean beneath its icy crust, sparking interest in extraterrestrial life.
What is Europa?
She discovered the structure of DNA but wasn’t awarded the Nobel Prize with Watson & Crick.
What is Rosalind Franklin?
This blood type is known as the universal donor.
What is O negative?
This animal has blue blood because it uses copper instead of iron to carry oxygen.
What is octopus/horseshoe crab?
This organelle packages and ships proteins like a post office.
What Golgi Apparatus?
In 2023, researchers created lab-grown versions of this body part, potentially helping with transplants.
What is the heart?
He developed the theory of evolution by natural selection.
What is Charles Darwin?
The part of the brain responsible for balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
This animal can regrow its entire body from just a small piece of itself.
What is a planarian flatworm/starfish?
This organelle is found only in plant cells and is responsible for photosynthesis.
What is the chloroplast?
In 2024, scientists discovered microplastics in this part of the human body for the first time.
What is the blood?
This scientist developed a system of binomial nomenclature to classify organisms.
What is Carl Linnaeus?
These structures filter blood in the kidneys.
What are nephrons?
These trees can “talk” to each other through underground fungal networks.
What are trees in a mycorrhizal network?
This network of protein filaments gives a cell its shape and helps it move.
What is the cytoskeleton?
In 2025, biologists reported that this large mammal population rebounded in Yellowstone thanks to rewilding efforts.
What are gray wolves?
He created the first safe and effective polio vaccine.
What is Jonas Salk?
This hormone regulates blood sugar.
What is insulin?
This creature’s heart can stop for up to 30 minutes while diving, then restart without damage.
What is a sperm whale/whales/seals?