Water in a kettle over a fire is heated by convection. How does a person sitting near the fire receive its heat?
Correct answer C. Radiation
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What is the chemical nature of insulin and glucagon?
Correct answer C. Protein
What is an animal that captures and kills living animals for food called?
Correct answer D. Predator
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When an action potential begins, Na⁺ gates open and Na⁺ ions flow in. What kind of process is this?
Correct answer A. Passive transport
What are fruits that develop without seeds, such as the banana, called?
Correct answer D. Parthenocarpic fruits
With which landscape is an oasis associated?
Correct answer E. Desert
Why is yeast used in bread making?
Correct answer D. Carbon dioxide
Which radiation is stopped from entering the lower atmosphere by the ozone layer?
Correct answer B. Ultraviolet
Which organ produces the hormone secretin?
Correct answer B. Duodenum
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Which property is characteristic of sedimentary rocks?
Correct answer C. Porous
What causes the monsoon?
Correct answer D. Seasonal reversal of winds
Which fuel is used in a fast breeder reactor?
Correct answer C. Uranium plutonium oxide
Who was the first to put forward an objective definition of instinct?
Correct answer B. Darwin
Kilowatt-hour is a unit of:
Correct answer C. Energy
What is the simplest form of learning?
Correct answer C. Habituation
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What does the term ‘blue shift’ refer to?
Correct answer B. Doppler effect in which an object appears bluer when it is moving towards the observer or observer is moving towards the object.
How many spark plugs does a diesel engine need?
Correct answer B. 0
In an optical communication link for television signals, which device acts as the converter between light and electrical signals?
Correct answer D. Photo diode
Diamond is a very expensive gemstone. Which single element is it made of?
Correct answer C. Carbon
What is eugenics the study of?
Correct answer C. Altering human beings by changing their genetic components