BIOLOGY
There are 3 main types of these in the body--smooth striated & cardiac
What are MUSCLES?
Number 752
Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry
A free radical is an atom or molecule that has an unpaired one of these
What is AN ELECTRON?
This company's logo is a swoosh
What is NIKE?
Previously known as 'global warming' this term is now more frequently used to describe why the glaciers are melting.
What is CLIMATE CHANGE?
These hairlike projections on protozoans are used for locomotion
What are CILIA?
Number 985
Killing Me Softly by Roberta Flack
This stormy natural phenomenon is a cause of significant amounts of nitrogen oxides
What is LIGHTNING ?
A typical golf course has this many holes.
What is 18?
NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) recently identified 2019 WH4, a 75 foot wide __________________ that buzzed within 1.4 million miles of Earth this Monday morning, December 2, 2019, at 12:44 EST.
What is an ASTEROID?
Ferns reproduce asexually by means of these cells
What are SPORES?
Number 491
Ironic by Alanis Morissette
In this process a solid such as dry ice converts directly into a gas without going through the liquid stage
What is SUBLIMATION?
This hockey player holds the record for scoring the most goals in his game career.
Who is WAYNE GRETZKY?
We recently experienced the Alpha Monocerotids, a meteor shower from the constellation Monoceros. We know a Monoceros as this type of creature.
What is a UNICORN?
This gelatinous substance derived from red algae is used as a culture medium for bacteria (& to thicken soups)
What is AGAR?
Number 319
Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio
When lemon juice is dropped on blue litmus paper the paper will turn this color
What is RED?
Women compete in _______ (# of) gymnastics events during the Olympics.
What is 4?
Dmitri Mendeleev is credited with developing the Periodic Law and the earliest version of the Periodic Table of Elements titled The Dependence between the Properties of the Atomic Weights of the Elements, which just celebrated it's ____________ birthday
What is it's 150th?
Eukaryotes are cells that have defined nuclei; change the prefix & you get these organisms that don't like bacteria
What are PROKARYOTES?
Number 143
All Star by Smash Mouth
The structural formula for water is HOH; HOOH is the formula for this solution that you might keep in your bathroom or first aid kid
What is HYDROGEN PEROXIDE?
The most NBA championships were won by this team.
Who are the CELTICS?
Recently, the Kelp Forests in Northern California's Pacific Ocean have been decimated by these purple animals
What are PURPLE SEA URCHINS?