Science and Technology - General Knowledge Questions

A)
Floods
B)
Food shortage
C)
Disease
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer :   Floods

Any factor limiting the size of a population whose effect is not dependent on the number of individuals in the population, then such factor is called Density Independent Factor. It is things that the organisms have no control over.
 
Here in the given options, food shortage and disease are factors that are dependent on the number of population but Floods have no dependency.
 
Some examples of density independent factors are :: Earth quake, fires, volcanic eruptions, floods, and  all natural calamities.

A)
Water
B)
Nutrients
C)
Time
D)
Availability of sunlight

Correct Answer :   Time

Primary productivity is not limited by time. Primary productivity refers to plants, and their life cycle, with photosynthesis and the creation of oxygen. So, obviously, for those things plants are going to need the sunlight, as well as nutrients and water.

A)
Binder
B)
Primer
C)
Pasting
D)
Wet plaster

Correct Answer :   Binder

A)
Solar Activity
B)
Forest Fires
C)
Melting Permafrost
D)
All the above

Correct Answer :   All the above

Global warming is the increase in the earth’s average temperature due to release of several greenhouse gases to the atmosphere by humans. Global warming is affecting many parts of the world.
 
Natural Causes include :
 
1. Solar Activity
2. Melting Permafrost
3. Forest Fires 
 
Human made causes include :
 
1. Deforestation
2. Overpopulation
3. Landfills
4. Mining
5. Fertilizer Use

A)
Thomas Moore
B)
John Dalton
C)
Joseph Priestley
D)
Lavoisier

Correct Answer :   Joseph Priestley

Joseph Priestley and Carl Wilhelm Scheele both independently discovered oxygen in the year 1774, but Priestly is usually given credit for the discovery.

A)
within a 5-minute time period
B)
5 to 7 days a week
C)
with a swinging, bouncing motion
D)
to the point of moderate pain

Correct Answer :   5 to 7 days a week

A)
Centrosphere
B)
Lithosphere
C)
Barysphere
D)
Besosphere

Correct Answer :   Barysphere

The inner most layer of the earth is called the “Core or Barysphere”. It is otherwise known as NIFE, because of the presence of Nickel and Ferrous (iron). This layer produces earth's magnetic field.

A)
Arachnids
B)
Crustaceans
C)
Myriapods
D)
Insects

Correct Answer :   Arachnids

The largest phylum in kingdom animalia is arthropoda. The word meaning of the term arthropoda is jointed appendages. Animals in this phylum have jointed appendages. This phylum includes the class insecta which are the animals with three pairs of legs. Arthropoda consists of animals that have their body covered by a chitinous exoskeleton which is for protection. Sensory organs of these animals include eyes, antennae, and statocysts. Examples of insects are beetles, fly, dragonfly, cockroach, etc. Ticks and mites are animals that belong to the class Arachnida. Spiders and scorpions belong to this class of animals. Most of the animals in class Arachnida have eight legs. They are different from insects as most of them lack antennae or wings. The body of these animals are segmented and covered by a thick exoskeleton like other arthropods. Myriapoda is a class in the phylum arthropoda that includes the animals that include centipedes, millipedes, etc.

A)
the nucleolus
B)
the nuclear lamina
C)
the nuclear envelope
D)
the endoplasmic reticulum

Correct Answer :   the nuclear lamina

The shape of the nucleus is maintained by the nuclear lamina.

A)
peptidoglycan
B)
Chitin
C)
chlorophyll
D)
cellulose

Correct Answer :   cellulose

Plant cell walls are mostly made up of the molecule cellulose. Cellulose is a polysaccharide, a complex sugar made of long chains of glucose.
 
The cell wall must be made of thick and strong material as it provides the structural shape of the plant and protection from insects and microorganisms.