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 The main chemical in Cannabis

What is THC- or Delta 9 Tetrahydrocannabinol 

100

The main chemical in chilis responsible for the sensation of heat

What is Capsaicin 

100

An illness that arises from the rapid release of nitrogen gas from the bloodstream and is caused by bubbles forming in the blood and other tissues when a diver ascends to the surface of the ocean too rapidly.

What is the Bends, or Decompression Sickness

100

This is one of the tallest living trees

What is Redwood

100

There are 10 million of these in a single drop of sea water

What are viruses 

200

This was the first endocannabinoid to be discovered

What is Anandamide

200

The unit used to describe the heat of peppers

What is Scoville

200

A mixture of oxygen, Helium, and Nitrogen that allows divers to reach a depth of 300ft

What is Trimix

200

The Oldest surviving amusement park in California

The Boardwalk

200

This Particle takes 40,000 years to escape to the Suns surface

What is a Photon

300

He is best known for his work in the isolation, structure elucidation and total synthesis of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol, the main active principle of cannabis and for the isolation and the identification of the endogenous cannabinoids

Who is Raphael Mechoulam

300

The Hottest Pepper in the World

What is Carolina Reaper

300

This is one of the deepest submarine canyons on the west coast of the United States.

What is the Monterey Canyon or Trench

300

A place in the Santa Cruz mountains where physics seem to not work

What is the Mystery spot

300

There are 118 ridges on this coin

What is a Dime

400

The Track and Trace Software utilized by the state of California

What is Metrc

400

The receptor responsible for the sensation of heat

What is the TRPV1 receptor

400

a drowsy state induced by breathing air under higher than atmospheric pressure, for example, in deep-sea diving.

What is Nitrogen Narcosis

400

The oldest state park in California

Big Basin State park

400

This is an extremophilic bacterium and one of the most radiation-resistant organisms known. It can survive cold, dehydration, vacuum, and acid, and  is known as a polyextremophile.

What is Deinococcus radiodurans

500

The primary receptor that THC binds to  

What is the CB1 receptor

500

This part of the plant is where most of the capsaicin in the chili pepper fruit resides (it contains 89% of the alkaloid capsaicin)

What is the Placenta

500

These are sea anemones found mostly in the cooler waters of the northern Pacific and Atlantic oceans. They are characterized by their numerous threadlike tentacles extending from atop a smooth cylindrical column, and can vary from a few centimeters in height up to one meter or more.

What are Metridium 

500

The Original Mascot at UCSC

Sea Lions

500

This Bacteria affected soldiers during the Battle of Shiloh in the Civil War.  It cause their wounds to glow and is also known as the "Angel's Glow"  

What is  Photorhabdus luminescens