Thanksgiving Biology

Which characteristic of life supports eating a giant Thanksgiving meal in order to obtain and transform energy?

• Evolution

• Homeostasis

• Metabolism

• Heredity

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What do you call a MALE turkey?

• Jack

• Turkey-Man

• Just Turkey

• Tom

Which amino acid in turkey is theorized (wrongly) to make you sleepy?

• Tryptophan

• Alanine

• Lysine

• Glutamic Acid

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What is a group of turkeys called?

• Herd

• Pod

• Flock

• Pack

Accounting for appetizers and desserts, the average American consumes a little over __________ calories

• 500

• 1,000

• 3,000

• 5,000

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Calories that are consumed during thanksgiving are NOT units of matter, but units of __________.

• Cells

• Energy

• Force

• Heat

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If a person eats too many triglycerides from the butter, gravy, and deserts consumed, they will store these in their _________ cells.

• Fat

• Stomach

• Muscle

• Nerve

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Evolutionary speaking, turkeys are known to be descendants of _________________.

• Sabre-Tooth Tiger

• Megatheirum (Giant Ground Sloth)

• Mastedons

• Dinosaurs

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The cells of a turkey are _________________ because the contain a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles.

• Eukaryotic

• Prokaryotic

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Cranberry sauce is very high in fructose. Fructose is an example of _______________.

• Proteins

• Carbohydrates

• Lipids

• Nucleic Acids