Biology
Biochemistry
Biophysics
Anatomy / Physiology
North Dakotan Biology
Random Facts
100
If there is one biological fact you know very well, it is that the _____________ is the "powerhouse of the cell."
What are Mitochondria?
100
Life on Earth is known as ________-based life.
What is Carbon?
100
This is the scientific unit for Force.
What are Newtons?
100
This is the largest and strongest bone in the body.
What is the Femur?
100
This is the state bird of North Dakota.
What is the Western Meadowlark?
100
This is the name of the groundhog that shows up on Groundhog Day.
Who is Punxsutawney Phil?
200
This type of organism has hair or fur, produces milk, and gives live birth.
What are Mammals?
200
These are the two gases that are released by the processes of Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration.
What are Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide?
200
This is the number that the scale reads.
What is 100N?
200
If you have "perfect vision," this is your visual acuity number.
What is 20/20?
200
This is the state flower of North Dakota.
What is the Prairie Rose?
200
This is the name of the only animal that has been considered extinct twice.
P Ibex
300
This is the term for a person's genetic letter pairing, such as AA, Aa, aa.
What is a Genotype?
300
This is the element that was used in the second atomic bomb (Fat Man) that was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan
What is Plutonium (Pu)?
300
This is the force that gravity pulls at.
What is -9.8 m/s2?
300
This is the strongest muscle in the body.
What is the Masseter? (Or Jaw Muscle)
300
This is North Dakota's only venomous snake.
What is the Prairie Rattlesnake?
300
This is the name of the female Finn-Dorset sheep who was the first mammal that was cloned from an adult somatic cell.
Who is Dolly?
400
Ichthyology is the study of what?
What are Fish?
400
This element is stable and has 54 protons, 54 electrons, and 77 neutrons.
What is Xenon?
400
This is the name of the tool that is used to measure radiation.
What is a Geiger Counter
400
These are the two main components of the Central Nervous System.
What are the Brain and Spinal Cord?
400
North Dakota makes more of this sweet substance than any other state at 36.3 million pounds in 2025.
What is Honey?
400
This is the term that is the opposite of albinism.
What is Melanism?
500
This is the state that has the most Bald Eagles in the continental United States.
What is Minnesota?
500
DAILY DOUBLE!
Fake diamonds are "cubic" forms of this element.
What is Zirconium?
500
This is the name of the motion or force that acts on a body moving in a circular path. The force is directed toward the center around which the body is moving.
What is Centripetal Force or Centripetal Motion?
500
This is the number(s) that a person's "normal" blood pressure should be near.
What is 120/80?
500
This is the North Dakota state fossil.
What is (Teredo-Bored) Petrified Wood?
500
This animal has the highest brain-body ratio.
What is an Ant?