Chem/Phys
Chlorine, fluorine, and bromine are part of what family of elements?
Halogens
What two digits comprise a bit/bits in a computer?
0,1
What is ATP?
Adenosine Triphosphate; chemical energy
A word that means a disease can be transmitted from one person to another?
Infectious
Mammal that lays eggs
Platypus
does sound travel faster in water or air?
Water
What does CPU stand for?
Computer Processing Unit
What is Chlorophyll?
This green pigment, found in the chloroplasts of plants, that is essential for capturing light energy during photosynthesis
What is an epidemic?
What is when the occurrence of a disease exceeds the normal rate. An epidemic is when the occurrence in a community or geographic area of a disease at a rate that clearly exceeds the normally expected rate.
What was the first animal successfully cloned?
Dolly
What is Avogadros Number?
6.022x10^23
What programming language infamously named itself after another popular programming language in order to gain popularity?
Javascript
What phase of mitosis do the chromosomes align on the middle of the cell?
Metaphase
What is a Communicable Disease
What is a disease that can be spread from one person to another. A communicable disease is an infectious disease that spreads directly from one person to another.
What was the first successful animal x human heart transplant?
Genetically modified Pig heart
fun fact: it was at UMD
what are Newton’s 3 laws?
Every object moves in a straight line until acted on by a force (inertia)
F=ma (force and acceleration)
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction (action reaction)
This occurs when an experimenter cannot tell the difference between the effects of different factors on a variable.
Name two organells that contain enzymes?
Mitochondria and Lysosomes
Antibiotics are widely used as a preventive measure against bacterial diseases. For how many years have antibiotics been used?
>50 years
Largest desert on earth?
Antarctica
what is chemist and physicist Marie Curie best known for?
Her work in/discovering radium, polonium, and her contributions to radiation in medicine
What is the difference between breadth first search and depth first search?
BFS searches based on levels of a tree, DFS searches based on the depth, going back up and down levels
This organelle, believed to have originated from a symbiotic relationship with a prokaryotic cell, is responsible for producing ATP in eukaryotic cells. WHat organelle, and what theory is this?
Mitochondira; Endosymbiont Theory
What encompasses the public health triad?
Host, Agent, and Environment
Where are grasshoppers ears located?
Underneath their wings on their stomach