Microbiome
This is the study of living organisms too small to be seen by the human eye.
What is microbiology?
The 3 parts of the habit cycle
What is trigger, behavior, reward?
This is where you can find DNA at a crime scene:
A) Hair
B) Blood
C) Saliva
D) All of the above
What is D) All of the above?
A property that governs the flow of liquids
What is viscosity?
It's the animal Nina Friedman (the NeuroNex) studies.
What is a mouse?
rods, spheres, spirals
What are shapes of bacteria?
Clapping to encourage someone to do something, or feeding a pigeon everytime it hits a ball
What is positive reinforcement?
True or False: There is never any bias in science, especially criminal profiling.
What is False? (Bias always plays some role in science)
Long polymers have a harder time _____ _______ each other than short polymers
What is "sliding past"?
This is what GFP stands for.
What is Green Fluorescent Protein?
the area of the body that houses the largest part of the human microbiome
What is the gut/intestines?
"happy chemical"
This machine, often called a lie detector machine, is controversially used to record someone's physiological measurements, like heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing rate.
What is a Polygraph?
The process that 3D printing works by
What is additive technique?
This is the type of glowing in a watch face
What is phosphorescence?
The number of estimated bacteria in/on the human body.
What is over 100 trillion?
The % of 18-24 year-olds that go on Facebook when they first wake up?
What is 50%?
Out of arches, loops, and whorls, this is the most common pattern found on fingerprints.
What are loops?
Plastic, rubber, DNA, nylon are all examples of this word.
What are polymers?
This is the type of bioluminescent fish in Finding Nemo
What is an Angler fish?
This is the procedure that cures pseudomembranous colitis 90% of the time?
What is fecal microbiota transplant?
One way to break habits (i.e. how did cigarette smokers learn to stop smoking?)
Being mindful of the behavior!
This is the processed used to identify if DNA sequences are identical by putting DNA fragments into an apparatus and then applying an electric current to separate the DNA fragments by weight.
What is gel electrophoresis?
Bonds between polymer chains
What are cross-links?
These are the two molecules involved in a bioluminescent reaction.
What are luciferin and luciferase?