Research at the University of Minnesota
Historical Research
Famous Scientists
Things in a lab
General Science
100
Name two ways you can get involved with research at the University of Minnesota
UROP, OUR, volunteer, student employment, directed research, summer research
100
This process, first demonstrated in 1938, involves the splitting of a heavy atomic nucleus into a lighter one and releases a large amount of energy
What is Nuclear Fission?
100
This scientist pioneered research in radioactivity and discovered the element radium
Who is Marie Curie?
100
This device allows for the magnification of small objects, typically at up to 1,000 times their actual size.
What is a Microscope?
100
This force generates tides in the Earth’s ocean
What is gravity?
200
Through cross-breeding, the University of Minnesota created this breed of apple
What is Honeycrisp?
200
This model of the solar system places the sun at the center with the planets revolving around it
What is the Heliocentric solar system?
200
This man suggested the use of ‘Ahoy’ as a greeting for the first telephone
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
200
A container often used in chemistry to heat materials to high temperatures
What is a crucible?
200
A process by which cells convert glucose and oxygen into energy (ATP), carbon dioxide, and water.
What is cellular respiration (metabolism)?
300
Bluebell, Clarion, and Itasca are all varieties of this fruit that the University of Minnesota has cultivated and bred
What are grapes?
300
The scientist who created the first vaccine realized that people became immune to smallpox if they were first infected with this disease
What is cowpox?
300
This woman is known for her x-ray diffraction image of DNA's double helix structure
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
300
A spatula-like utensil used to transfer powders and crystals
What is a scoopula?
300
This element is the third most abundant gas in the atmosphere
What is Argon?
400
In 1994, Dr. Jim Collins developed a vaccine against PRRS (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome) which is a disease in this animal
What are swine (pigs)?
400
This element, atomic number 118, is the most recent element to join the periodic table having been synthesized in 2002 and named in 2016
What is Oganesson?
400
Due to mold contaminating his experiments, this scientist discovered penicillin by accident
Who is Alexander Fleming?
400
A vessel used to break down organic matter with chemical and or biological reactions such as fermentation
What is a Digestor?
400
This organ is responsible for producing insulin in the human body
What is the Pancreas?
500
By inoculating cheese with fungus Penicillium requeforti, William Combs developed this white-blue cheese, the first new cheese in 500 years.
What is Nuworld?
500
This constant was calculated by Greek mathematician Eratosthenes by measuring the angle of the sun at different locations during the summer solstice.
What is the Earth’s circumference?
500
This physicist's work on electromagnetism led to the discovery of the electromagnetic spectrum and the unification of electricity and magnetism. Also known for his equations in electromagnetism.
Who is James Clerk Maxwell?
500
This laboratory equipment is used to separate substances based on their different boiling points.
What is a Distillation apparatus (column)
500
This qualitative scale is used to measure the relative resistance of a mineral to scratching
What is the Mohs scale?