K-12 Biology
This type of animal eats plants
What is a herbivore?
Beginning at the campus fountain, this annual walk sees more than 1,200 students participate
What is the Jaguar March?
Founded in 1975, this company created the Windows operating system and became one of the most valuable tech companies in the world.
What is Microsoft?
In this 1993 blockbuster, scientists use "Dino DNA" found in ancient mosquitoes to clone extinct creatures for a theme park.
What is Jurassic Park?
Often calculated using the formula 2πr, it is the specific geometric term for the perimeter of a circle.
What is the circumference?
This system includes the brain and spinal cord.
What is the central nervous system?
Where does the Jaguar March traditionally begin on campus?
What is the campus fountain?
In 2010, this social network was the most popular application
What is Facebook?
This fictional "drive" allows the USS Enterprise to travel faster than the speed of light by creating a bubble in space-time.
What is Warp Drive?
In a right triangle, this theorem states that a² + b² = c², where c is the longest side.
Who is Pythagoras?
This process includes making observations, asking questions, forming a hypothesis, testing it, drawing conclusions, and communicating results.
What is the scientific method?
The Jaguar March tradition officially kicked off in this same year that the first freshman class arrived.
What is 2016?
What does VPN stand for, which provides a secure connection
What is a Virtual Private Network?
For 14 seasons, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman used the scientific method to debunk urban legends and movie stunts on this Discovery Channel series.
What is MythBusters?
Famous for its "plus or minus" symbol, this reliable mathematical formula will find the roots of any equation taking the standard form ax² + bx + c = 0
What is the quadratic formula?
This part of the brain secretes hormones and helps regulate body functions.
What is the hypothalamus?
This campus landmark, whose name translates to "Tower of Hope," serves as the turning point for the Jaguar March route.
What is Torre de Esperanza?
Ray Tomlinson is credited with pioneering this form of digital communication in 1971, and also popularizing the use of the @ symbol to route messages between computers.
What is email?
This 1997 film, based on a Carl Sagan novel, features Jodie Foster as an astronomer who discovers a signal from space containing a sequence of prime numbers.
What is Contact?
Celebrated by math enthusiasts every March 14th, the irrational number π is equal to this value when properly rounded to three decimal places.
What is 3.142? (or not rounded 3.141)
These describe the difference between nonliving and living parts of the environment.
What are abiotic and biotic factors?
Incoming students are taught that the "Jaguar Legend" emphasizes these three core traits: strength, resilience, and this.
What is transformation?
In 1977, Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman published this asymmetric encryption algorithm, which remains foundational to secure internet communications today.
What is RSA?
In the Netflix series Dark, characters travel through time using a wormhole located beneath a nuclear power plant in this fictional German town.
What is Winden?
This single word describes the highest exponent found in a polynomial, such as the "2" in a quadratic equation.
What is the degree?