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Laboratory Trivia
General Knowledge
100

The full name for "DNA". 

What is deoxyribonucleic acid? 

100

The formula for molarity. 

What is moles of solute divided over liters of solution? 

100

A circular, transparent dish we put culture inside of. 

What is a petri dish? 

100

We have to wear gloves, lab coats, and goggles. This is sometimes called...

What is PPE or personal protective equipment?

100

Hematology is the study of...

What is the study of blood?

200

Where DNA is stored in a eukaryotic cell.

What is the nucleus?

200

The name for 6.022 * 1023

What is Avogadro's Number? 

200

We use a _____ loop to transfer bacteria colonies. 

What is an inoculating/wire loop?

200

SDS stands for...

What are safety data sheets?

200

The device do we use to transport precise amounts of liquids in small quantities (Hint: usually measures in microliters).

What is a pipette? 

300

A set of 3 base pairs is called a...

What is a codon?

300
To quanitify extremely big or extremely small numbers we multiply numbers by a base 10 (e.g. 105). This is called...

What is scientific notation?

300

If we have a petri dish that we expect to have specific results we call it a negative or positive _____. 

What is a negative/positive control?

300

When we don't want to contaminate something in the lab we use something called ____ technique.

What is aspetic technique?

300

DH2O stands for... (remember back to March when we used those blue test tubes)

What is distilled water? (can also mean deionized water)

400

The base pairs in RNA are... (letters will NOT suffice)

What are uracil, adenine, guanine, and cytosine?

400

How many significant figures are in the number "3020.40"?

5 sig. figs.

400

When we say something is in a test tube, a petri dish, or some other labware we say it is in ___ (Hint: means "in glass" in Latin). 

What is "in vitro"?

400

When we used to be in the lab we had those big blue bottles of IPA...what does IPA stand for?

What is isoprophyl alcohol?

400

We use a graduated cylinder, which often has an upward or downward curve in the liquid. This curve is called a...

What is a meniscus?

500

The Central Dogma of biology states that...(explain parts)

What is replication ---> transcription ---> translation? (variants of this answer can also be made, and is up to the host to decide if the point is given)

500

If you add the pH of a solution to the pOH of the solution you will always get...

14
500

The tape we use to block particles from escaping in Petri dishes. 

What is parafilm? Alternate Answer: What is 3M micropore tape. 

500

When working with dangerous pathogens we use an enclosed, ventilated laboratory workspace called a...

What is a biosafety cabinet?

500

The 3 main bacterial shapes. 

What is cocci, bacilli, and sprillum? (or spheres, rods, and spirals)