Cell Biology
What organelle is responsible for generating a majority of the energy in eukaryotic cells?
mitochondrion
What branch of biology deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts?
Physiology
What is the smallest bone in the human body?
Stapes bone in the middle ear
Who is the Biology Department chair?
Dr. Crews
What is the process by which plants convert light energy into chemical energy?
Photosynthesis
Name the process by which cells engulf large particles or even other cells by forming a vesicle around them.
Phagocytosis
What is the study of tissues and their microscopic structure called?
Histology
What is the term for a virus that infects bacteria?
Bacteriophage
Which professor has a darter tattoo?
Dr. Million
What is the name for the relationship between two organisms where one benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed?
Commensalism
What organelle has the role of modifying, sorting, and packaging proteins and lipids into vesicles for transportation to their final destination within the cell or for secretion outside the cell in the cell?
The Golgi apparatus
What is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in populations, and the application of this study to control health problems called?
Epidemiology
What is the primary function of the pancreas in the endocrine system?
Insulin (production)
Which professor started off as a theater major?
Dr. Cottingham
What type of plant has naked seeds, not enclosed within an ovary?
Gymnosperms
What is the term for the failure of homologous chromosomes or sister chromatids to separate properly during cell division, resulting in an abnormal chromosome number?
Aneuploidy
What is the term for the study of fungi?
Mycology
What type of white blood cell is primarily responsible for antibody production?
B Cells
Which professor has an obsession with crows and making pickles?
Mr. Jones!
What is the term for the process by which unrelated species evolve similar traits due to similar environmental pressures?
Convergent evolution
What genetic disorder results from the absence of an enzyme needed to break down a lipid called GM2 ganglioside, leading to progressive neurological deterioration?
Tay-Sachs disease
Which branch of zoology focuses on the study of birds?
Ornithology
Which microorganism is responsible for causing malaria?
Plasmodium
Which professor researches the shade avoidance response in Arabidopsis?
Dr. Kim
What is the name of the tough, fibrous protein found in the skin, hair, nails, and hooves of animals?
Keratin