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100
These two elements make up the vast majority of the earth's atmosphere
What are nitrogen and oxygen?
100
This organelle is "the powerhouse of the cell" -- they generate over 90% of your body's energy
What is mitochondria?
100
This famous black civil rights leader has a birthday in January that's also a federal holiday
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
100
This mental health disorder is the most common in the United States -- it affects 19.1% of the population!
What is anxiety?
100
This letter of the alphabet is the only one with multiple syllables (three!)
What is W?
200
The cryosphere is the portion of the hydrosphere that is ____
What is frozen?
200
This organelle's function is to separate the cell environment from the external environment -- hint, it's selectively permeable, meaning that it only allows specific materials and substances into and out of the cell.
What is the plasma membrane?
200
The holiday "Juneteenth" remembers and celebrates this important event in American history
What is the freeing of the slaves? (aka, the last slaves were notified of their freedom in Texas)
200
Panic attacks can feel really intense -- people who have them often say they feel like this other serious "attack"
What is a heart attack?
200
In the Chinese Zodiac, this animal finished first
What is the rat?
300
A leech feeding on a host would be considered this kind of biological relationship
What is parasitic?
300
Name three organelles that are in plant cells, but not in animal cells
What are chloroplasts, large central vacuole, cell wall, and plasmodesmata?
300
Jackie Robinson became the first black baseball player in the MLB, playing first base for this team
What are the Brooklyn Dodgers?
300
When faced with extreme stress, humans respond in three ways -- name them
Hint: think about the different reactions you might have if you ran into a bear in the woods!
What are fight, flight, and freeze?
300
The French word for sled is also the name of this winter olympic sport -- it's very fast!
What is luge?
400
Name the four spheres of the Earth
What are the lithosphere/geosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere?
400
This organelle is like a warehouse or mail facility -- it receives packages, sorts, modifies, and adds tags before shipping them out to their destination
What is the Golgi Complex/Apparatus?
400
Serena Williams won her first Grand Slam singles title at this age -- closest wins!
What is 17 years old?
400
In 1990, the World Health Organization removed this "disorder" from its list of mental illnesses
What is homosexuality?
400
Ailurophobia, Gatophobia or Galeophobia is the irrational fear of this
What are cats?
500
Autotrophs get their energy from this source -- auto means "self" and troph means "feeding"
What is the sun?
500
This waxy, fat-like substance helps human cells maintain membrane fluidity in cold temperatures -- in health, there's a "good" kind and a "bad" kind
What is cholesterol?
500
This judge is the first black woman to serve on the supreme court
Who is Kentaji Brown Jackson?
500
ADHD is a common neurodevelopmental issue, especially for young people -- it is an acronym for this
What is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
500
The song "12 days of Christmas" contains this many gifts -- everybody write down a guess, closest person wins!
What is 364?