Biology Basics
Lab Safety
Research Rules!
Ms. Kempfer
West Shore Woohoo
100

The powerhouse of the cell

What is the Mitochondria. 

100
This piece of safety equipment should be worn at all times to protect your eyes from harmful chemicals and flying debris

What are safety goggles?

100

This scientist is famous for developing the theory of relativity and the equation E=mc^2

Who is Albert Einstein?

100

Ms. Kempfer teaches these two courses here at West Shore

What is Biology and AP Science Research?

100

This West Shore attendance monitor is known for their love of all things flamingos and funny jokes

Who is Mrs. Morin?

200

This process is performed by plant cells to convert water, sunlight and carbon dioxide into oxygen and glucose

What is Photosynthesis?

200

Before leaving the lab, you should always do this to ensure no chemicals are left on your hands

What is washing your hands?

200

This initial step of the scientific method involves making an educated guess about the outcome of an experiment

What is a hypothesis?

200

Ms. Kempfer graduated from this university with a degree in Agricultural Education

What is the University of Florida?

200

This West Shore tradition is the so-called field day for battling upperclassman homerooms 

What is Wildcat Challenge?

300

This 2 by 2 chart is used to visualize possible outcomes in offspring genetics

What is a Punnett Square?

300

In case of a chemical spill on your skin, you should immediately rinse the affected area with this

What is water?

300

This type of graph is ideal for comparing different categories of data with bars representing the Frequency of amount for each category

What is a bar graph?

300

Ms. Kempfer is the coach for this fall sport

What is Volleyball?

300

West Shore offers 3 foreign language programs, Spanish, French and Latin. The 3 language classrooms are found in this building

What is Building 2?

400

This famous world traveler and theorist is known for his novel On the Origin of Species and his take on the mechanism for change in species over time.

Hint* He was a fan of little birds

Who is Charles Darwin?

400

This item should never be consumed in the lab, as it could be contaminated with chemicals or biological materials

What is food (or drink)?

400

This final step of the scientific method involves summarizing the findings and determining whether the hypothesis was correct

What is drawing a conclusion?

400

Ms. Kempfer‘s dog is named after this movie character’s call sign with famous lines of “let’s turn and burn”, “going ballistic man” and ”show me something Mav”

Who is Goose?

400

The freshman class color is yellow, eighth grade orange, and this color for sophomores 

What is Red?

500

This phase of mitosis is characterized by the alignment of chromosomes along the Middle line of the cell, preparing for cell division

What is Metaphase?

500

In the event of a small fire on the lab bench, this piece of equipment should be used to smother the flames

What is a fire extinguisher (or fire blanket)?

500

This polish-born physicist and chemist was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and discovered the elements polonium and radium

Who is Marie Curie?

500

Ms. Kempfer will be changing her last name to this change of season after her wedding next summer

What is Winter?

500

West Shore received this distinction and award for the 4th time being honored for its standard of excellence evidenced by student achievement

What is National Blue Ribbon?