MG Fast Facts
This small liberal arts university in Greenville, South Carolina, known for being one of the most beautiful college campuses in the US, is where MG went to undergrad
Furman University
This cell organelle is famously "the powerhouse of the cell."
The Mitochondria
This code structure repeats an action multiple times
Loop
These fluffy, cotton-ball clouds often appear on fair-weather days and look like they were drawn by a child with crayons
Cumulus
This long chain of barrier islands off the NC coast is known for beaches and wild horses and inspired a Netflix teen drama
Outer Banks
This town, which might surprise some of you, is where MG was born
Buffalo, NY
In this theory, Earth’s lithosphere is broken into moving plates
Plate Tectonics
In coding, this data type stores text — like ‘hello world’ or ‘MG’.
String
These clouds look like someone pulled a gray bedsheet over the sky, often bringing drizzle
Stratus
This capital city is part of the ‘Research Triangle,’ along with Durham and Chapel Hill
This very lovable yellow labrador retriever was MG's childhood dog
Nike
This number sequence starts with 1, 1, 2, 3, 5… and appears in nature, like in sunflowers
Fibonacci Sequence
This term describes a named container that stores a value, like a number or string, and in Python is followed by `=` and in R can either be followed by `=` or `<-`
Variable
These high, wispy clouds form so high up that they’re made of ice crystals and look like feathery streaks across the sky
Cirrus
This donut company with a famous ‘Hot Light’ began in Winston-Salem in 1937
Krispy Kreme
This modern Korean martial art focuses on striking techniques and color-ranked belts, of which MG held a black one in her childhood
Tae Kwon Do
These numbers are the ‘building blocks’ of arithmetic, as shown in the fundamental theorem of arithmetic. Examples ofthese include 2, 3, 5, and 7
Prime Numbers
This programming construct lets programs make decisions, like choosing between two paths, and often take the form of `if` `then`
Conditional Statement
These anvil-shaped giants stretch from the lowest layers of the atmosphere to the top and produce thunderstorms, lightning, and sometimes hail
Cumulonimbus
These mountains run through western North Carolina, are part of the larger Appalachian Mountains, and are MG's favorite mountain range
Blue Ridge Mountains
MG’s high school mascot belonged to the class of maritime criminals who operated legally only when granted a letter of marque.
Pirates
This process warms the Earth when gases trap heat in the atmosphere
The Greenhouse Effect
This type of value is either True or False
Boolean
These rain-bearing clouds block out the sun, produce long-lasting, steady rain or snow, and make the whole sky look like a dark gray slab
Nimbostratus
This carnivorous plant is native to only a small region around Wilmington, North Carolina
Venus Flytrap