Human A&P
The hardest substance in the human body
What is tooth enamel?
Microbes that grow best at temperatures around 60°C
What are Thermophiles?
Created for creating the theory of evolution
Darwin
Discovered the three laws of motion
Who is Isaac Newton?
In the 1850s, Ignaz Semmelweis saved lives by implementing
What is hand washing?
Digestion causes this change in body temperature
What is an increase in temperature?
A substance naturally produced by a few bacterial or fungal species that inhibits or kills other microorganisms
What are Antibiotics?
Did early genetics experiments with pea plants
Who is Mendel
A body remains at rest, or in motion at a constant speed in a straight line, unless acted upon by a force
What is the law of inertia?
First biochemical to be produced commercially by microbial cloning and genetic engineering is: human insulin, penicillin, or tetracyclines
What is human insulin?
The smallest bones in the body
What are the malleus, incus, and stapes (or the ossicles)?
What microorganism is commonly used in food, colloquially known as Baker's yeast? (scientific name)
What is Saccharomyces cerevisiae?
The three scientists who discovered that the structure of DNA
Who are Watson, Crick, and Franklin?
The human body contains enough carbon to provide "lead" (graphite) for 90, 900, 9,000, or 90,000 pencils
What are 9,000 pencils?
The first human organ to be successfully transplanted
What is a kidney?
The lifespan of a red blood cell
Two of the four most common chemical agent groups
What are halogens, phenols, heavy metals, and alcohols?
Father of national parks
John Muir
A chemical reaction has a negative enthalpy and a negative entropy. What term describes this reaction? (Exergonic, Endergonic, Exothermic, Endothermic)
What is Exerthermic?
This biotech process has dramatically improved criminal investigation and forensic medicine
What is DNA fingerprinting
The rarest blood type
What is AB-?
What are Tetracyclines?
The father of modern taxonomy
Who is Carl Linnaeus?
The two only solid elements that assume liquid form at room temperature
What is bromine or mercury?
Two of the top three genetically modified crops grown in the US
What is corn, soy, or cotton?