Bodily bits
The largest organ in the human body.
What is skin?
The only mammal capable of true flight.
What are bats?
The "powerhouses" of the cell, responsible for producing most of the cell's ATP.
What are the mitochondria?
The year the structure of DNA was first discovered.
What is 1953?
Victor Hugo wrote this novel about the hunchback Quasimodo and the cathedral he inhabited
What is The Hunchback of Notre-Dame?
These have the same number of vertebrae in a human as in a giraffe.
What are neck vertebrae?
This animal is known for its cube-shaped manure.
What is a wombat?
The process by which a cell divides into two identical daughter cells
What is mitosis?
DNA is commonly known to stand for this.
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
This classic dystopian novel by George Orwell gave us the phrase "Big Brother is watching you
What is 1984?
This clear fluid surrounds the baby in the mother’s womb
What is amniotic fluid?
A cross between a male tiger and a female lion is called this
What is a liger?
The basic building blocks of all proteins.
What are amino acids?
The most common elements found in living organisms, often remembered by the acronym CHNOPS.
What are Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorous, and Sulfur?
The author of The Great Gatsby, a critique of the American Dream during the Jazz Age.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
The approximate number of bones in the human body
What is 206?
The two mammals that lay eggs.
What are the echidna and the platypus?
This part of the cell is a rigid layer that provides structural support to plant cells, but not animal cells.
What is the cell wall?
This vitamin is often associated with sunlight exposure.
What is Vitamin D?
This epic poem, often attributed to Homer, tells the story of the Greek hero Odysseus's journey home after the fall of Troy.
What is The Odyssey?
This organ produces bile, a substance that helps digest fats.
What is the liver?
This is the fastest animal on land, reaching speeds of up to 75 mph.
What is a cheetah?
This is the specific molecule that enzymes lower in order to speed up chemical reactions.
What is activation energy?
When an enzyme loses its shape and no longer functions due to high heat, it is said to be this.
What is denatured?
This book is the first part of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, describing the author's journey through the nine circles of Hell
What is Inferno?