General Science Questions

Protoplasm is the living content of a cell that is surrounded by a plasma membrane.

J. E. Purkinje in the year 1839 coined the term 'protoplasm' for the fluid substance of the cell.

Magnesium is dissolved in seawater at a concentration of about 1,000 parts per million and is the only metal directly extracted from seawater.

Lactose is the major carbohydrate in the milk of most species.

Lactose is a disaccharide composed of the monosaccharides D-glucose and D-galactose, joined in a ß-1,4-glycosidic linkage. The chemical name for lactose is 4-0-ß-D-galactopyranosyl-D-glucopyranose.

Plants that grow in Saline Water are called Halophytes.

The above-given statement is absolutely true. Poorly tuned engines of vehicles will not get good gas mileage.

A poorly running engine may lose power that is needed for normal driving and emergencies, may not start, gets poor fuel economy, pollutes the air, and could stall when you are on the road causing a traffic problem.

The ozone layer is a region of Earth's Stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation. It contains high concentrations of ozone (O3) in relation to other parts of the atmosphere, although still small in relation to other gases in the stratosphere.

The Atmosphere is divided into 4 layers according to major changes in temperature. They are :

1. Troposphere,

2. Stratosphere,

3. Mesosphere  and

4. Thermosphere.

The farther away from earth, the thinner the atmosphere gets.