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MDCAT Biology Online Test MCQs With Answers
Question # 1
It is community relay
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Niche
Evolution
Speciation
Succession
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Question # 2
Which of the following reaction is reverse of others
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Hydrolysis
Decondensation
Decomposition
Condensation
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Question # 3
Bacterial and fungi are mainly included in the group of
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Consumers
Decomposers
Producers
None of these
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Question # 4
Methylation of proteins occur in
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Transport vesicles of endoplasmic reticulum
Lysosomes
Golgi apparatus
Transport vesicles of Golgi bodies
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Question # 5
Which of the following features is not shared by prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
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Ribosome
Cytoplasm
Cell membrane
Nuclear membrane
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Question # 6
Between 80 to 90% of the original energy is lost as heat as a byproduct of
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Photosyntheis
Urine
Respiration
All of the above
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Question # 7
Genes can be mapped on chromosomes on the basis of
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Sex linkage
Assortment
Recombination frequency
Gene sequencing
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Question # 8
Xerosere starts with __________ stage.
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Crustose lichen
Foliose lichen
Mass
Shrub
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Question # 9
These are the receptors which respond to the mechanical condition of internal organs
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Nocireceptors
Receptors of skin
Receptors of stomach wall
Receptors of eye
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Question # 10
The nutrient cycles are also called as
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Biogeochemical cycles
Biochemical cycles
Geo-cycles
All of above
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Question # 11
Which one of the following is true
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Population is a larger unit than a community
Bioshpere is a smaller unit than a biome
Biome and community are equal units
Biome is a larger unit than population
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Question # 12
In which types of soil does water logging occur?
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Silt
Clay
Gravel
Sand
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Question # 13
Allele for whiteness in Drosophilla is
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Recessive
Codominant
Dominant
Partially dominant
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Question # 14
Insulin is a/an:
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Osmotic Protein
Transport Protein
Regulatory Protein
Catalytic Protein
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Question # 15
In case of sickle cell anemia, in place of glutamic acid, _________ is found
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Histidine
Valine
Proline
Leucine
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Question # 16
Inorganic ions can play a role of ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬______ in enzyme catalysis
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Coenzyme
Inhibitor
Apo enzyme
Cofactor
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Question # 17
The study of a single population's relationship to its environment will be called as
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Autecology
Synecology
Ecology
Biogeopraphy
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Question # 18
Mutation of one or two N-bases is
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Inversion
Point mutation
Deletion
Chromosomal aberrations
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Question # 19
Which is correct about myelin sheath
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It speeds up conduction
It is found in all axons
It is found in all dendrites
It is proteinaceous only
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Question # 20
The organelle that protect the cell from invading organisms is
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Centriole
Lysosome
Mitochondrion
Vacuole
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Question # 21
How many nitrogen atoms are found in lecithin
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1
2
3
4
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Question # 22
Overgrazing
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Promotes salinity
Promotes erosion
Promotes grasses
Inhibits dicot competitors
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Question # 23
Tritanopia is blindness of
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Red Colour
Green Colour
Blue Colour
Pink Colour
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Question # 24
Endocytosis of an apoptotic body is termed as
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Pinocytosis
Exocytosis
Phagocytosis
Apoptosis
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Question # 25
The amount of DNA in _____ is one half to that of_____:
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Somatic cells, Germ cells
Osteocytes, Somatic cells
Germ cells, Somatic cells
Somatic cells, Gametocytes
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Question # 26
All chromosomes other than sex chromosomes are called
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Linked Chromosomes
Autosomes
Autophagosommes
Dictyosomes
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Question # 27
______ components include all living organisms including plants and animals supported by biosphere
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Biotic
Abiotic
Physical
Both a and b
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Question # 28
Prosthetic groups are
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Radicals
Inorganic molecules
Organic molecules
Metal ions
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Question # 29
Normal fruit flies have :
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White eyes
Bright red eyes
Light red eyes
Black eyes
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Question # 30
Which of the following things were not collected by Darwin?
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Specimens of diverse faunas and floras of south America
South American fossils
13 types of finches
Turtles
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Question # 31
Primary consumers form ______ trophic level
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First
Second
Third
Forth
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Question # 32
Endosymbiont hypothesis was first proposed by
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Lynn Margulis
Malthus
Cuvier
Darwin
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Question # 33
The specificity of enzymes is due to their
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High molecular weight
pH sensitivity
Hydrogen bonding
Surface configuration
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Question # 34
Plants growing in xeric (dry) condition are called:
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Hydrophytes
Xerophytes
Mesophytes
Derophytes
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Question # 35
Flavin adenine dinucleotide is a
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Prosthetic group
Activator
Coenzyme
Inhibitor
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Question # 36
Succinic acid differs from malonic acid by
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OH
CH
2
CH
3
CHO
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Question # 37
Sharp rise in LH output due to estrogens is an example of
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Negative feedback
Positive feedback
Primary feedback
None
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Question # 38
The animal that is caught and eaten is called:
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Prey
Host
Victim
Quarry
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Question # 39
The first person who argued from evidence that species were not created in their present form rather they had evolved from ancestral species was
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Aristotle
Lamarck
Darwin
Mendel
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Question # 40
Which of the following acts as a bridge between enzyme and substrate?
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Activator
Cofactor
Prosthetic group
Apo-enzyme
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Question # 41
A Cell interacts with its external environment through
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Cell Wall
Nuclear membrane
Plasma membrane
Cytoplasm
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Question # 42
Which of the following is not true about abiotic components
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Water
Temperature
Consumers
Gravity
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Question # 43
The intake of liquid material across the cell membrane is called as
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Phagocytosis
Pinocytosis
Endocytosis
Exocytosis
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Question # 44
Which of the following is Koshland model
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Active site is rigid
Active site may be molded to précised shape
Position of active site is moveable
None
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Question # 45
There is an association between two organisms, which brings benefits to both the organisms
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Predation
Symbiosis
Parasitism
None of above
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Question # 46
Biotic components includes all the
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Nonliving components
Living components
Nonliving and living both
None of these
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Question # 47
The fourth trophic level includes the:
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Producers
Tertiary consumers
Secondary consumers
None of these
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Question # 48
Pick out the phospholipid from the following
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Phosphatidylserine
Lecithin
Phosphatidylcholine
All
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Question # 49
Monoculture is
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One organism
A lab culture
A pure culture
Both b and c
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Question # 50
Coniferous forests located at high latitude are called
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Boreal
Taiga
Tundra
Alpine
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Question # 51
The hormones which share common hypothalamic factor are
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FSH and LH / ICSH
ACTH and GH
ICSH and LTH
Prolactin and FSH
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Question # 52
The change in structure of community of an ecosystem during a time period is called
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Succession
Evolution
Mutation
Regression
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Question # 53
The symbiotic relationship in which both the partners get benefit is:
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Parasitism
Commensalism
Predation
Mutualism
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Question # 54
Both meissner’s and pacinian corpuscles have____ nerve endings
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Spiral
Encapsulated
Free
Deep
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Question # 55
Head of T4 bacteriophage contain
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Single stranded DNA
Double stranded DNA
Single stranded RNA
Both RNA and DNA
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Question # 56
Nutrient elements become the part of protoplasm during
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Photosynthesis
Decomposition
Fixation
Assimilation
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Question # 57
_____ is a good example of polymorphism
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Hydra
Obelia
Starfish
Euplectella
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Question # 58
Which one of the following always contains DNA?
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Centriole
Lysosome
Golgi apparatus
Mitochondrion
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Question # 59
The parasite that lives inside the body of the host is called as
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Endoparasite
Ectoparasite
Outer parasite
All of above
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Question # 60
According to fluid mosaic model of cell membrane
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The most common type of molecules in the membrane are proteins
Basic membrane structure results from how proteins interact with water
The membrane is highly mobile mixture of phospholipids and proteins
The unique properties of cell types are determined by their phospholipids
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Question # 61
It is not a steroid hormone
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Epinephrine
Estrogen
Progesterone
17 β hydoxy Testosterone
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Question # 62
An organism of the lineage of animals in which the blastopore of the developing embryo becomes the anus, while a second opening becomes the mouth called:
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Triploblastic
Protostome
Diploblastic
Deuterostome
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Question # 63
The essential requirement for life is:
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Minerals
Water
Carbohydrates
Proteins
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Question # 64
All populations within an ecosystem are known as a:
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Population
Community
Species
Clan
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Question # 65
The simplest reflex circuit includes___ elements
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1
2
3
4
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Question # 66
What are the environmental buffers?
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Trees
Animals
Factories
Microbes
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Question # 67
About ______% if the total energy from the sun is trapped by the producers in an ecosystem
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0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
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Question # 68
In life cycle of bacteriophage, ______ occurs followed by_______.
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Assembly. Penetration
Multiplication, landing
Tail contractio, Penetration
Penetration, Assembly
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Question # 69
Which can convert glucose to glucose 6 phosphate
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Hexokinase
Glucokinase
Phospho fructokinase
Both a & b
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Question # 70
Which of the following virus is DNA enveloped
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Polio virus
Hepatitis B virus
HIV
Measles virus
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Question # 71
Animals devoid of respiratory, excretory and circulatory organs are
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Tapeworms
Sponges
Earthworm
Live fluke
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Question # 72
The succession started after destruction of an area is called as
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Primary succession
Secondary succession
Tertiary succession
Quartnary succession
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Question # 73
Osteoporosis is caused by lack of
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ADH
Melanin
Estrogen
STH
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Question # 74
According to Darwin descent with modification means
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Same ancestor
Same characters
Different ancestors
Different characters
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Question # 75
A group of ribosomes attached with same mRNA form polysome for
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Better expression of Gene
Rapid production of protein
Increased production of protein
Protein export
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Question # 76
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide is an example of
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Cofactor
Coenzyme
Prosthetic group
Nucleotide
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Question # 77
Anti-Rh antibodies appear in plasma
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During first few months
During last months
Only when stimulated
If Rh
+
individual mistakenly receives Rh
-
blood
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Question # 78
All of the following are present in mitochondria, EXCEPT
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Cristae
Ribosomes
DNA
Thylakoids
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Question # 79
Overgrazing resulted in
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Diminishing the grasses
Desert
Barren land
All of these
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Question # 80
The rate of enzyme action will be minimum at
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Optimum pH
Optimum temperature
Optimum conditions
Maximum temperature
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Question # 81
The term ecology comes form the ______ words oikos, meaning "The family household"
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Greek
Latin
English
French
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