Microbiology
Enviromental Biology
MISC
Tribeta Trivia
Medicine
100

This was the first antibiotic discovered in 1928 by Dr. Alexander Fleming

What is penicilin?

100

This gas is absorbed by plants during photosynthesis?

What is CO2? or What is carbon dioxide?

100

This is a diagram used in genetics to predict the genotypic and phenotypic outcomes of a genetic cross. Usually a grid.

What is a Punnett Square?

100

What does Tribeta stand for? (What is our name?)

Beta Beta Beta

100

This is the largest bone in the body

What is the femur

200

This is the branch of biology that focuses on the study of fungi, which includes yeasts, molds, and mushrooms

What is mycology

200

This renewable energy source uses the Earth's internal heat

What is geothermal energy?

200
This is the study of the origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the universe. In this you study habitable environments in the solar system and search for planetary biosignatures of any extraterrestrial life past or present.

What is astrobiology? 

200

When was Tribeta established at UOP?

1931

200

This organ contains the malleus, incus, and stapes

What is the ear?

300

This test was developed by its namesake Danish physician. It is a differential staining technique used to classify the two main groups of bacteria into positive and negative.

What is the Gram stain? or What is the Gram test?

300

These organisms obtain energy by using inorganic substrates, usually minerals.

What are lithotrophs?

300

These are specialized proteins that are found in cell membranes. They act as a channel that allows water to pass through them, while blocking larges solutes.

What are aquaporins?

300

Who are your presenters (name our positions too!)?

Helen (Activities) & Jewel (President)

300

This is an undifferentiated cell that has the ability to divide and produce more undifferentiated cells or differentiate into specialized cells. They possess the 2 key properties of self-renewal and differentiation.

What are stem cells?

400

This is a substance used to stimulate immunity to speficic infectious diseases or pathogens. It usually is prepared using an inactivated or weakened form of the causitive agent.

What is a vaccine?

400

What is the largest organism (collective) on Earth. It is about 3.5 square miles and is estimated to be about 8,000 years old.

What is Armillaria ostoyae? or What is the humongous fungus? or What is honey fungus?

400

This is the trinucleotide sequence found on tRNA that is complementary to the corresponding sequence in the mRNA during protein synthesis.

What is an anticodon?

400

Name any two events that we have!

Lab tour, root beer lab, slime lab, general meetings!

400

These are the primary cell type found in the epidermis which produces its namesake pigment. 

What are keratinocytes?

500

What disease was discovered to be transmitted through contaminated water when John Snow mapped the deaths caused by it. He correlated the deaths with the location of water pumps, showing that it was spread through drinking water.

What is cholera?

500

This is an area of significantly reduced rainfall behind a mountainous region on the leeward side of the mountain, facing away from the winds.

What is a rain shadow? or What is a rain shadow desert?

500

This is a cellular process that allows a single gene to produce multiple protein variants by joining exons in different combinations, which significantly increases the protein diversity. It contains many types such as exon skipping, intron retention, and mutually exclusive exons.

What is alternative splicing?

500

Which charity is our national partner and what do they do?

NMDP! Stem cell research +bone marrow donor matching

500
This vitamin is responsible for blood clotting and also plays a crucial role in making proteins that are necessary for the blood clotting process. It is fat soluble and also is essential for bone health.

What is vitamin K?