Bio and Chem of COVID
Physics and Math of COVID
Be a Detective
Bits and Bytes
It's All Relative
100
What is one way in which bacteria helps us?
Helps digest food, Fermented food, Cleaning up oil spills, Recycle nutrients in environment
100
What is speed with direction?
Velocity
100
A person who has type A blood, has which type of antibodies in their blood?
Anti-B antibodies
100
Name three ways through which electricity is produced.
Fossil fuels, nuclear energy, wind, solar, food, etc.
100
What kind of a molecule is water? (Polar or nonpolar?)
A polar molecule
200
Name 2 ways that COVID-19 can spread.
Respiratory droplets or small particles, Droplets landing on surfaces, People in close contact with one another (about 6 feet)
200
What is the change in speed (with direction) called?
Acceleration
200
A person with type O blood has what type of antigens on their blood cells?
No antigens!
200
What is Ohm's Law. What do each of the letters in the equation stand for?
V = IR. V is voltage I is current R is resistance
200
Does gravity depend on distance between objects?
Yes, the closer two objects the greater the force of attraction.
300
Name 2 differences between viruses and bacteria.
Viruses are not living organisms, Viruses only grow and reproduce inside host cells they infect, Viruses are submicroscopic, Bacterial infections are localized
300
What type of growth looks like this?
Exponential Growth
300
A person who has two different copies of an allele are called heterozygous. If they have the same copy of the allele, it is called ____?
Homozygous
300
What is a short circuit? What might happen if you create a short circuit?
Connect elements without enough resistance. (causes fire/sparks/heat)
300
Why did the food coloring not mix with the oil in our lava lamp experiment?
Food coloring is made of water, and water is polar. Polar and nonpolar molecules do not mix.
400
What does COVID stand for and where did it get its name from?
Corona Virus Disease 2019, the shape of the virus
400
What type of physics is the “study of motion”?
Kinematics
400
B is the dominant brown-eyed allele. b is the recessive blue-eyed allele. A brown-eyed mom (type BB) has a child with a blue-eyed dad (bb). What percent of the children will have blue eyes?
0%
400
If a circuit has 3 bulbs connected to a 9 Volt battery. How much voltage is used up by each battery if the circuit is in series? What if the circuit is in parallel?
Series is 3V each. Parallel is 9V each.
400
Describe what a polar molecule is.
Molecules that have a negatively charged and a positively charged end
500
Why is COVID-19 so dangerous/Why can people get really sick from it?
Deceives the body so it doesn’t realize it’s infected
500
What is the the branch of medicine which deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health?
Epidemiology
500
The mom is type AB blood and the dad is type B blood. What are ALL possible phenotypes of the their children?
AB, A, B
500
How does a battery create electricity?
Separation of charges to anode and cathode, charges move through electrolyte
500
Why are black holes black?
The gravity inside them is so strong that even light cannot escape