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Biology-100

• ANSWER: prokaryote• QUESTION: what is an organism of the

kingdom Monera (or Prokaryotae), comprising the bacteria and cyanobacteria, characterized by the absence of a distinct, membrane-bound nucleus or membrane-bound organelles, and by DNA that is not organized into chromosomes?

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Biology-200

• ANSWER: mutualism• QUESTION: what is a relationship

between two species of organisms in which both benefit from the association?

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Biology-300

• ANSWER: ATP• QUESTION: What is adenosine

triphosphate, a coenzyme used as an energy carrier in the cells of all known organisms?

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Biology-400

• ANSWER: auxin• QUESTION: What is a class of plant

growth substances (often called phytohormones or plant hormones) which play an essential role in coordination of many growth and behavioral processes in the plant life cycle?

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Biology-500

• ANSWER: oxidative phosphorylation• QUESTION: What is the process in cell

metabolism by which respiratory enzymes in the mitochondria synthesize ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate during the oxidation of NADH by molecular oxygen?

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• ANSWER: calorie• QUESTION: What is the amount of energy

required to raise one gram of water one degree Celsius (an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joule)?

Chemistry-100

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Chemistry-200

• ANSWER: double replacement reaction• QUESTION: What is a chemical reaction

between two compounds where the positive ion of one compound is exchanged with the positive ion of another compound?

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Chemistry-300

• ANSWER: alpha particle• QUESTION: What is a positively charged

particle consisting of two protons and two neutrons, emitted in radioactive decay or nuclear fission; the nucleus of a helium atom?

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Chemistry-400

• ANSWER: 1s22s22p6

• QUESTION: What is the electron configuration of neon?

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Chemistry-500

• ANSWER: Haber Process• QUESTION: What is theprincipal

commercial method of producing ammonia, by direct combination of nitrogen and hydrogen under high pressure in the presence of a catalyst, often iron.

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Physics-100

• ANSWER: E=hf• QUESTION: What is the relationship

between the energy and wavelength of light?

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Physics-200

• ANSWER: capacitance• QUESTION: What is is the ability of a

capacitor to store energy in an electric field, or, what is a measure of the amount of electric potential energy stored (Q/V?

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Physics-300

• ANSWER: inverse square law• QUESTION: What is any physical law

stating that a specified physical quantity or strength is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the source of that physical quantity?

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Physics-400

• ANSWER: kg m2s-2

• QUESTION: What are the dimensions of a joule, the MKS unit for measuring energy?

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Physics-500

• ANSWER: neutrino• QUESTION: What is is an electrically

neutral, weakly interacting elementary subatomic particle with a half-integer spin, and a disputed but small non-zero mass

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Earth & Space Science-100

• ANSWER: light-year• QUESTION: What is is a unit of length,

defined as the distance that light travels in a vacuum in one Julian year?

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Earth & Space Science-200

• ANSWER: Alpha Centauri• QUESTION: What is the triple star system

in the constellation Centaurus that is the third brightest star in the night sky, and the star system nearest to Earth, at a distance of about 4.2 light-years?

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Earth & Space Science-300

• ANSWER: umbra• QUESTION: What is the darkest part of a

shadow, especially the cone-shaped region of full shadow cast by Earth, the Moon, or another body during an eclipse?

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Earth & Space Science-400

• ANSWER: right lateral strike-slip fault• QUESTION: What is a fault on which the

two blocks slide past one another in which the displacement of the far block is to the right when viewed from either side? (The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of a right lateral fault.)

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Earth & Space Science-500

• ANSWER: pulsar• QUESTION: What is a highly magnetized,

rotating neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation? The beam appears to pulsate when viewed from Earth.

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Health-100

• ANSWER: DUI• QUESTION: What is the act of driving a

motor vehicle with blood levels of alcohol in excess of a legal limit?

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Health-200

• ANSWER: nicotine• QUESTION: What is a toxic, addictive,

water-soluble alkaloid found in tobacco leaves

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Health-300

• ANSWER: HDL cholesterol• QUESTION: What is the cholesterol high

in high-density lipoproteins; the 'good' cholesterol? A high level in the blood is thought to lower the risk of coronary artery disease.

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Health-400

• ANSWER: Antioxidant• QUESTION: What is one of a group of

vitamins that act against the effects of free radicals?

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Health-500

• ANSWER: LD50• QUESTION: What is the median lethal

dose in a pharmacological trial?

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FINAL JEOPARDY

• Task: Name the 11 systems of the body and an organ in each.  

• circulatory, respiratory, digestive, skeletal, nervous, endocrine, lymphatic, muscular, urinary, integumentary, reproductive