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100
This general group of organisms are the aquatic ancestors of all land-dwelling tetrapods.
What are fish?
100
This molecule is the energy currency for all cellular processes.
What is ATP?
100
This city is the capital of Ontario.
What is Toronto?
100
This is the number of departments in the FOS.
What is 7?
100
This number represents the middle value, not the average value, in a dataset.
What is a median?
200
The common name of this model organism, Drosophila melanogaster, is an insect used in biology lab worldwide.
What is a fruit fly?
200
This catabolic process, catalyzed in a series of four steps, breaks down hydrocarbon chains into two-carbon units.
What is beta-oxidation?
200
This is the biggest country by area.
What is Russia?
200
This is the building currently under construction in the science complex.
What is Machray Hall.
200
This is the square root of 169.
What is 13?
300
This phyla, encompassing starfish and sea cucumbers, are the closest non-chordates to humans.
What is echinodermata?
300
Known by a much longer name, NADPH, a reducing equivalent, is responsible for fatty acid synthesis and ROS-mitigation.
What is nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate?
300
This is the number of elements on the periodic table.
What us 118?
300
This is the number of students (to the nearest hundred) currently enrolled in the FOS.
What is 6500?
300
This type of plot utilizes frequency data, and looks like a bar graph at first glance.
What is a histogram?
400
This number, on the order of millions, is the number of insects species which have been characterized to date.
What is 1 million?
400
This many ATP and NADPH are needed to fix ONE carbon in the Calvin Cycle.
What is 3 ATP and 2 NADPH?
400
This is the number of countries there are in Africa.
What is 54?
400
This associate dean of science teaches CHEM 4620 or Biochemistry of Nucleic acids.
Who is Dr. Sean McKenna?
400
This hypothesis test compares observed results with expected results and is commonly used in genetics.
What is a chi-squared test?
500
This fossil was found on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada as the final piece in elucidating the evolution of fish onto land.
What is Tiktaalik?
500
This enzyme catalyzes the creation of carbamoyl phosphate for the urea cycle.
What is carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I?
500
This is the number of moons Jupiter has.
What is 95?
500
This Armes lecture hall is immediately across from the SSA lounge.
What is Armes 204?
500
This formula is used in this "series", with the same name as a popular singer currently on tour. 
What is a "Taylor Series"?