An unbroken series of species arranged in ancestors to descendent sequence with each later species having evolved from one that immediately preceded it is called:
Correct answer B. Phyletic lineage
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Rocks can be dated by comparing the amount of specific radioactive isotopes they contain. Which statement is correct?
Correct answer B. Older sediment layers have a smaller amount of these radioactive isotopes than younger ones.
The concept that various organisms dominated this planet during various geological time period and thus placing organisms in a time squence came from the studies by
Correct answer B. Paleontologist
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A large regional community primarily determined by climate is called:
Correct answer C. Biome
Different species of plants and animals living in the same habitat is called:
Correct answer B. Community
Group of living organisms of the same species living in the same place at the same time is called
Correct answer B. Population
In animals, coordination is achieved by means of:
Correct answer D. Both B and C
A structure formed by groups of similar cells organized into loose sheetsor bundles performing similar functions is called as:
Correct answer C. A Tissue
Which one is a micromolecule?
Correct answer D. ATP
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The atoms of different elements combine with each other through ionic or covalent bonding to produce compounds this stable form is called:
Correct answer B. A molecule
Out of 92 naturally occurring chemical elements how many are considered as bio-elements:
Correct answer B. 16
The branch of biology which deals with the study of social behavior and communal life of human beings living in any environment is called:
Correct answer B. Social biology
Sythetic insulin from pork was formed by which technique:
Correct answer C. Biotechnology
The experiments on DNA molecules in chromosomes for knowing the basis of inherited diseases are conducted by:
Correct answer A. Molecular biologists
The study of fossils is called:
Correct answer C. Palaeontology
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Which characteristic differentiates living things from non-living things?
Correct answer C. They are highly organised, made of one or more cells, and contain genetic material
Copper can be converted into gold by?
Correct answer A. Artificial radioactivity
Clocks moving with velocities comparable to the speed of light run?
Correct answer B. Slow
Max Planck received the noble prize in Physics in 1918 for his discovery of?
Correct answer B. energy quanta
Bronze medal is made up of metals?
Correct answer B. copper, tin