Cell Bio
Forensics
Green Gen
Physics Bowl
Misc
100
This enzyme is used to unzip DNA during replication
Helicase
100
Is DNA positively charged, negatively charged, or neutrally charged?
Negatively charged
100
The step in the water cycle that comes after condensation
Precipitation
100
Give a correct expression for average velocity.
Δx/Δt, (x2-x1)/(t2-t1), displacement/time
100
What is the hardness of diamond?
10
200
What are histones?
Proteins that aid in the packaging of DNA
200
Is linen an animal, vegetable, or synthetic fiber?
Vegetable
200
Identify 3 examples of renewable energy
Possible answers: solar, wind, water, biomass, nuclear, geothermal
200
What is a Newton equal to in its scientific units?
kg * m / s2
200
The proper name for the dynamic marking “pp”
pianissimo
300
Which of the following are monosaccharides:
Lactose
Glucose
Galactose
Maltose
Fructose
2. Glucose
3. Galactose
300
Is this a strand of human, squirrel, cow, horse, or bat hair?
Cow hair
300
Photosynthetic organisms are most likely to be found in this aquatic region
The Photic/euphotic/epipelagic zone
300
Which of the four fundamental forces is responsible for the contact force, which prevents your hand from moving through a table?
electromagnetic force
300
True/False: Specific gravity (SG) is a measure of how dense a mineral is
True
400
What is the Hayflick Limit?
The amount of times a normal cell can divide before division stops
400
What does HDPE stand for? Hint: its counterpart is LDPE; both HDPE and LDPE are plastics
High-density polyethylene (or something close)
400
definition:
a species whose condition suggests the health of an ecosystem before the ecological tipping point is reached
Indicator species
400
The value of G, the universal gravitational constant, was measured experimentally by which English physicist?
Henry Cavendish
400
What is the average speed of sound in air? (will accept +/- 10 mph)
761 mph
500
What is the most crucial enzyme in glycolysis?
Phosphofructokinase
500
What alkane (hydrocarbon) does this mass spectrogram represent?
Pentane
500
Explain how a dead zone forms
Increased eutrophication leads to decreased oxygen levels, decreased sunlight, and organism death
500
Derive the escape velocity formula of an object given the following expressions. (Ke = .5mv2, PE = -GMm/r)
sqrt(2GM/r)
500
FINAL JEOPARDY!!!!!
How many moons does Jupiter have? (+/-5)
80