Description : Which term is used to describe organisms which live on or in the bottom of an ocean or lake. Such organisms can be found anywhere from the shoreline to the greatest ocean depths? a) biota b) benthos c) nekton d) plankton
Last Answer : ANSWER: B -- BENTHOS
Description : How much time would it take to grow enough plants on Mars so that it would create enough oxygen for animals, organisms and humans breath without the aid of an enclosed ecosystem?
Last Answer : The bigger problem is the lack of water on Mars. Hard to grow plants with no water. Yes, there’s some water on Mars, but not anywhere near enough to grow and sustain sufficient plant life.
Description : What kind of examples are dandelionshorsesand other organisms that were brought by humans from one part of the world to another?
Last Answer : What is the answer ?
Description : In which one of the following organisms its excretory organs are correctly stated? (a) Humans - Kidneys, sebaceous glands and tear glands (b) Earthworm - Pharyngeal, integumentary and septal ... Cockroach - Malpighian tubules and enteric caeca (d) Frog - Kidneys, skin and buccal epithelium
Last Answer : (b) Earthworm – Pharyngeal, integumentary and septal nephridia
Description : The pathogen Microsporum responsible for ringworm disease in humans belongs to the same kingdom of organisms as that of (a) Taenia, a tapeworm (b) Wuchereria, a filarial worm (c) Rhizopus, a mould (d) Ascaris, a round worm.
Last Answer : (c) Rhizopus, a mould
Description : “There are more living organisms on the skin of each human than there are humans on the surface of the earth.”
Last Answer : It's estimated that there are 50 million bacteria per cm2 of average human skin, which equates to 100 billion for the average human body. Then there are all the other microorganisms, such as ... the human skin. Usually these creatures will do no harm, they will just be microscopically ever-present.
Description : Which of the following terms is used to describe rapid, jerky, involuntary, purposeless movements of the extremities? a) Chorea Choreiform movements, such as grimacing, may also be ... movements. d) Spondylosis Spondylosis refers to degenerative arthritis of the cervical or lumbar vertebrae.
Last Answer : a) Chorea Choreiform movements, such as grimacing, may also be observed in the face.
Description : Which of the following terms means "the system used to classify and group living organisms"?
Last Answer : Taxonomy
Description : Which of these terms means the naming of organisms?
Description : Which one of the following terms describes not only the physical space occupied by an organism, but also its functional role in the community of organisms? (1) Eco-niche (2) Ecosystem (3) Ecotone (4) Habitat
Last Answer : (2) Ecosystem Explanation: An ecosystem is a community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environthent, interacting as a system. The nature of the organisms-the ... individuals are capable of carrying out, and the relative efficiency with which they do so.
Description : Which one of the following terms describes not only the physical space occupied by an organism, but also its functional role in the community of organisms ? (1) Eco-niche (2) Ecosystem (3) Ecozone (4) Habitat
Last Answer : Ecosystem
Description : What about some bacteria is important to important to humans in terms of our being able to make proteins and nucleic acids from the foods we eat?
Last Answer : Feel Free to Answer
Description : Under the Indian Constitution no person can hold office of the President for more than a) There is no such can under the constitution- b) One term c) Two terms d) Three terms
Last Answer : a) There is no such can under the constitution-
Description : An ecosystem ,such as an aquarium is self-substaining if it involves the interaction between organisms , a flow of energy , and the presence of
Last Answer : An ecosystem ,such as an aquarium is self-substaining if it involves the interaction between ... plants C. materials cycles D. pioneer organisms
Description : Which of the following organisms is most likely to produce green-house gases such as nitrous oxide and methane? (1) Fungi (2) Earthworm (3) Bacteria (4) Green plants
Last Answer : (4) Green plants Explanation: When it comes to greenhouse gases many of us think first of CO2. But a large proportion of global greenhouse gas emissions are actually other gases, ... from fertilisers and methane mostly from cows. In peat pasture areas these emissions are particularly prevalent.
Description : Which one of the following processes during decomposition is correctly described? (a) Catabolism - Last step in the decomposition under fully anaerobic condition (b) Leaching - Water soluble inorganic ... of a dark coloured substance humus which undergoes microbial action at a very fast rate.
Last Answer : (c) Fragmentation – Carried out by organisms such as earthworm
Description : Varieties of vegetables such as cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower have been produced from a wild cabbage species. Such process of producing new varieties of living organisms is called (1) Natural selection (2) Artificial selection (3) Speciation (4) Genetic drift.
Last Answer : (2) Artificial selection
Description : Which of the following organisms is most likely to produce greenhouse gases such as nitrous oxide and methane? (1) Fungi (2) Earthworm (3) Bacteria (4) Green plants
Last Answer : Green plants
Description : Which of the following terms is used to describe the fibrous connective tissue that covers the brain and spinal cord? a) Meninges The meninges have three layers, the dura mater, arachnoid mater, and ... The pia mater is the innermost membrane of the protective covering of the brain and spinal cord.
Last Answer : a) Meninges The meninges have three layers, the dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater.
Description : what is the term used to describe organisms that cause diseases . example bacteria?
Last Answer : Rickettsia
Description : What term is used to describe organisms that pass the same form a trait over many generations?
Last Answer : True breeding is used to describe organisms that pass the sameform of a trait over many generations. True breeding is the term isused to describe organisms that pass the same form of a trait overmany generations.
Description : What term used to describe organisms that cause diseases?
Last Answer : Pathogens
Description : What term is used to describe organisms composed of identical and?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : What term. Is used to describe how well an organisms function in its environment?
Last Answer : Fitness
Description : What is mutualism Describe how mutualism affects organisms.?
Last Answer : Mutualism can be contrasted with interspecific competition, in which each species experiences reduced fitness, and exploitation, or parasitism, in which one species benefits at the expense of the other.
Description : What term, in natural sciences, is used to describe a relationship between two living organisms where one benefits and the other is not significantly harmed or helped? It derives from the Latin for ‘sharing a table’?
Last Answer : Commensalism.
Description : Many living organisms exhibit the unique property of producing visible light. What term is used to describe this phenomena?
Last Answer : ANSWER: Bioluminescence or photoluminescence