Biology
Math
Common Crossword Clues from 3-7
Italian Cuisine
Valley Lore
Kittrick John Danzeisen
200

This membrane enclosed organelle makes ATP, also known as the "powerhouse" of the cell

What is the Mitochondria?

200

This formula is named for the specific type of equations it solves

\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}

What is the Quadratic Formula/Equation?

200

Slippery swimmer (3)

What is EEL?
200

This classic pasta dish is popular with many, having long, flat noodles and a creamy parmesean cheese sauce

What is fettucuine alfredo?

200

This event allowed students to take the day to engage in fun activities such as video games, board games, and movies for the whole day.

What is pro-social?

200

This is my favorite color, fruit, and juice.

What is Orange?
400

This funny-looking animal is known as the only mammal that lays eggs

What is Platypus?

400

This term in geometry describes two shapes that are exactly identical: angles, side lengths, and all. 

What is congruent?

400

Zak's Instrument (4)

What is OBOE?
400

This type of pizza typically served in Italy, sounds like a type of alcoholic drink served in Mexico.

What is Margherita?
400

This spooky site was the location of our third-grade field trip.

What is the Old Jail Museum/Jim Thorpe Prison Museum

400

This dual major with a long-winded name is the one I took in college.

What is Computational Biology?
600

There are 20 of these molecules, 9 of them being essential, that make up the building blocks of proteins.

What are amino acids?

600

In topology, this shape is what Pac-Man lives on, usually known as a donut.

What is a torus?

600

Improvise, as a speech (5) (2 words)

What is ADLIB?

600

This creamy Italian dessert is made with coffee-soaked ladyfingers layered with mascarpone cheese and dusted with cocoa powder. It's name literally means "pick-me-up"

What is tiramisu?

600

This 5th grade math teacher was previously names Ms. Boyle, before she got married.

Who is Mrs. Fiume?

600

My favorite food, which is the sandwich version of a classic italian dish.

What is a Chicken Parm Hoagie/Sub?

800

Charles Darwin famously studied these islands in his research of evolution.

What are the Galapagos Islands?

800

This field of mathematics focuses on matrices, or grids of numbers, as well as vectors and transformations.

What is Linear Algebra?

800

Tres ___ cake (6)

What is LECHES?

800

This simple italian dish with romano cheese and crushed peppercorns literally means "cheese and pepper" in Ttalian.

What is Cacio e Pepe?

800

This was the ship name for me and Caroline Fitt.

What is Kittoline?

800

This is the antidepressant I take

What is Lexapro?

1000

They say if you take all of this in your body and lay it out end-to-end, it would reach 74 billion kilometers- twice the diameter of the solar system

What is DNA?

1000

This is the second most famous irrational constant discovered by euler, that represents continious exponential growth.

What is e?

1000

Period before starting more school (7) (2 words)

What is GAP YEAR?

1000

This northern Italian rice dish is traditionally cooked slowly with broth until it reaches a creamy consistency and may include ingredients like mushrooms, seafood, or saffron.

What is risotto?

1000

In 4th grade, this person jumped on Max Barrett after kicking over rock houses in a small village. 

Who is James Morrison?

1000

This is my favorite animal, the largest land rodent who loves yuzu fruit.

What is Capybara?