Bacteria
Harder Bacteria (600-1000)
Labs
GMOs
Fun :) Double Points!
100
Organisms with no membrane bound organelles, appeared on Earth nearly 3.5 billion years ago.
What is prokaryotes?
100
(600 points) A material used frequently in our classroom when obtaining bacterial cultures, its name is derived from the "Malay" word for red algae.
What is Agar?
100
What the heck is this thing called? Pipette isn't a good enough answer! 
What is a serological pipette
100
GMO stands for...
What is Genetically Modified Organism? If you didn't get this, minus 400 points.
100
What does CRISPR stand for?
What is clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats?
200
Bacteria divide by this process, also popular with computer scientists.
What is binary fission?
200
Anthrax is caused by this fatal bacterium
What is Bacillus anthracis?
200
What does this picture illustrate?
What is the streak plate method?
200
This bacteria is often used to transfer genes to plants and fungi, from Sugar Beets to Alfalfa.
What is Agrobacterium?
200
Diamond v. Chakrabarty was a landmark Supreme Court case that decided this.
What is that genetically modified organisms can be patented
300
An ionic compound with a reactive halogen, used in a type of bacterial transformation
What is Calcium Chloride?
300
E. coli is a popular model organism that we have used often in this class. How do you spell its full name (genus and species)?
What is Escherichia coli?
300
Name one type of metal that inoculation loops are commonly made out of. HINT: think unreactive!
What is platinum, tungsten or nichrome?
300
Bt is an acronym for which bacterium, that produced the Bt delta endotoxin
What is bacillus thuringiensis?
300
An example of "Yellow biotechnology", beer is made through this process.
What is fermentation?
400
In Italian, rosa is the color that this type of gram-stained bacteria turn.
What is gram-negative bacteria?
400
A cause of food poisoning, this Staphylococcus bacteria's species name is derived from latin for "gold".
What is Staphylococcus aureus? (Latin is "aurum" for gold)
400
We used pipettes a lot this year, using (relatively) safe and sterile techniques. But before the invention of the modern pipette, what body part would scientists use to take up liquid and transfer it from vessel to vessel?
What is the mouth?
400
This color of rose, containing the pigment delphindin, is often used to symbolize secret or unattainable love.
What is blue?
400
A way to reduce human climate impact, this fuel is derived from vegetable oil or animal fat, and used to power Disneyland's park trains.
What is biodiesel
500
A name for this shape of bacteria, shared with a popular swimming stroke.
What is corkscrew? (spirochete also accepted)
500
Pop and folk artist Shelley Segal released the song "Gratitude" in 2011, inspired by these organisms which are responsible for oxygenating most of the planet.
https://shelleysegal.bandcamp.com/track/gratitude if you want to listen
What are cyanobacteria? (stromatolite also accepted)
500
This highly flammable compound (originally known as guncotton) is used in membranes to immobilize nucleic acids/proteins in blot tests.
What is nitrocellulose?
500
What protein, also used in the making of GloFish, may these mice be expressing?
What is GFP?
500
Who's this guy?
Who is Craig Venter