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Q:

The insects do not have blood pigments because 

A) there is no blood B) tissues have pigments
C) blood does not have a respiratory function D) pigments are elsewhere
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) blood does not have a respiratory function

Explanation:

The blood of some invertebrate animals like the earthworm is red due to haemoglobin pigment, but the pigment is dissolved in the plasma. In vertebrates the same pigment is found in the red corpuscles and not in the plasma.

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Q:

A gland below the bladder and surrounding the urethra is

A) prostate B) seminal vesicle
C) bartholin D) vas deferens
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) prostate

Explanation:

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A gland surrounding the neck of the bladder in male mammals and releasing a fluid component of semen is Prostate gland which is below the bladder and surrounding the urethra.

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Q:

What process never occurs in interphase?

Answer

Absence of cell division is the process that never comes in interphase.

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Q:

Which of the following statements best describes nutrient density?

A) Consume a variety of foods from MyPyramid's ±ve major food groups every day. B) Consume foods that have the most nutrition for their kcalories
C) Choose a number of diFerent foods within any given food group rather than the same old thing. D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Consume foods that have the most nutrition for their kcalories

Explanation:

Consume foods that have the most nutrition for their kcalories describes the Nutrient Density.

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Q:

Man has _____ pairs of salivary glands

A) 3 B) 4
C) 6 D) 8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 3

Explanation:

Salivary glands of man are 3 pairs = 6. They are one pair of parotid glands, one pair of sub-maxillary or sub-mandibular glands and one pair of sub-lingual glands.

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Q:

Sleeping sickness in main is caused by the organism 

A) Plasmodium B) entamoeba
C) giardia D) trypanosoma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) trypanosoma

Explanation:

Trypanasoma is a protozoan animal. It lives as a parasite in the blood and later invades the cerebrospinal fluid to cause the sleeping sickness. This parasite is transmitted by the Tsetse fly.

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In which of the following organelles does photosynthesis take place?

A) Miochondria B) Chloroplast
C) Central Vacuole D) Ribosome
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Chloroplast

Explanation:

Chloroplasts use energy from light to transform carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen.

A green pigment located in membranes within the chloroplasts of plants and algae and in the membranes of certain prokaryotes.

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Q:

Sponges are most accurately described as

A) marine predators B) chemoautrophs
C) filter feeders D) freshwater scavengers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) filter feeders

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