Science
Technology
Latinx in STEM
If you lived here...
Latinx Heritage
100

Generates most of the chemical energy needed to power the cell's biochemical reactions

What is the mitochondria? 

100

expressed in the base-2 numeral system or binary numeral system, which uses only two symbols: typically "0" and "1"

What is a binary number? 

100

organization dedicated to helping students majoring in STEM fields and who come from underrepresented communities at DU 

What is E-STEM ?

100

If you lived in this state right now, to get to the famous amphitheater that is located between rocks, you would have to go to the location of...  

What is Morrison ? 

100

A holiday that commemorates the life of our ancestors. 

What is Dia de Muertos? 

200

Heat transferred through a solid object

What is conduction? 

200

popular programming language for calculations

What is Phyton?

200

the first person to manufacture the yo-yo in the United States.

Who is Pedro Flores?

200

Around 1940’s if you were living on this island, 1.25 miles offshore from San Francisco better hope you were a  guard and not a prisoner  

What is Alcatraz ?

200

It is decorated, and filled with small toys or candy, or both, and then broken as part of a ceremony or celebration.

What is a piñata?

300

for every action (force) in nature there is an equal and opposite reaction.

What is Newton's third law of motion? 

300

the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence

What is AI technology ?

300

A Peruvian-American NASA employee, a former NASA astronaut and a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. He holds two M.Sc. degrees, one in computer science and one in space systems operations, both from the Naval Postgraduate School.

Who is Carlos Noriega?

300

If you lived near this state you would be surrounded by dramatic canyons, alpine rivers, lush forests, hot springs and gushing geysers, including its most famous, Old Faithful

What is Wyoming?

300

Couples typically perform this dance together and it centers on a four-beat combination of two quick steps and a slow step with a pause or tap

What is salsa? 

400

This was the first genetically engineered organism

What is tobbaco? 

400

use of quantum phenomena such as superposition and entanglement to perform computation

What is quantum computing? 

400

1995 Chemistry Nobel Prize Winner

Who is Mario Molina? 

400

If you lived here, the dramatic confrontation with Spanish conquistador, Hernan Cortes, was known to be done by...  

Who is Montezuma II ?

400

The first Latina Associate Judge chosen to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2009 by President Barack Obama.

Who is Sonia Sotomayor?

500

This animal has the highest blood pressure... A: Giraffe, B: Blue Whale, C: Elephant, D: Flea


What is a Giraffe. Because of its extremely long neck, the giraffe must rely on its oversized heart (two feet long and twenty-five pounds!) to pump blood all the way to its head. As a result, the giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal

500

Fortran was developed at this large company in 1954.

What is IBM?

500

In 1993 she became the first Hispanic woman to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery

Who is Ellen Ochoa? 

500

If you lived in the main city of upper Silesia in 1820 you lived in Prussia; in 1920 in Germany; today in this country to the east

Poland

500

This is the state in the U.S. with the largest Hispanic population.

What is California?