Biology Trivia
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These organelles, once free-living bacteria that were engulfed by early eukaryotes, now produce most of a cell's ATP through oxidative phosphorylation.
- Mitochondria
- Ribosomes
- Golgi apparatus
- Endoplasmic reticulum
This English naturalist sailed on HMS Beagle and later proposed that species change over time through a process he called "descent with modification."
- Charles Darwin
- Alfred Russel Wallace
- Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
- Thomas Huxley
These organisms thrive in environments that would kill most other life forms, such as boiling hot springs or freezing Antarctic ice.
- Extremophiles
- Parasites
- Mammals
- Insects
This unique pattern found on every person's fingertips has been used to identify criminals since the late 1800s.
- Fingerprints
- Palm lines
- Skin pores
- Hand veins
These are the four chemical bases that make up the letters of the genetic code in DNA.
- Alanine, Glycine, Lysine, Proline
- Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine
- Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta
- Arginine, Tryptophan, Glutamine, Cysteine
These intelligent marine mammals are known for their playful behavior, echolocation abilities, and living in social groups called pods.
- Dolphins
- Manatees
- Sea lions
- Walruses
This familiar pizza topping is cultivated worldwide and is the most commonly eaten mushroom on Earth.
- Button mushroom
- Portobello
- Shiitake
- Oyster mushroom
This Ethiopian site yielded both the famous 3.2-million-year-old "Lucy" skeleton and stone tools dating back 2.5 million years.
- Hadar
- Olduvai Gorge
- Sterkfontein
- Laetoli
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