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  • Question
  • The insects do not have blood pigments because


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  • A. there is no blood
  • B. blood does not have a respirratory function
  • C. tissues have pigments
  • D. pigments are elsewhere

  • Correct Answer
  • blood does not have a respirratory function 

    Explanation

    The blood of some invertebrate animals like the earthworm is red due to haemoglobin pigment, but the pigment is dissolved in the plasma. In vertebrates the same pigment is found in the red corpuscles and not in the plasma.


  • Biology problems


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    • 1. The book Historia plantrum is written by

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    • A. Aristotle
    • B. Theophrastus
    • C. Hipporates
    • D. Darwin
    • Discuss
    • 2. Genes are made of

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    • A. Carbohydrates
    • B. Proteins
    • C. Fats
    • D. Nucleotides
    • Discuss
    • 3. Organisms that live in the deep sea are mainly

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    • A. Herbivores
    • B. Carnivores
    • C. Detritivores
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. The grouping of blood is based on substances called

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    • A. antibodies
    • B. antigens
    • C. antitoxin
    • D. enzymes
    • Discuss
    • 5. Organisms which synthesise their own food are called

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    • A. autotrophs
    • B. heterotrophs
    • C. auxotrophs
    • D. saprotrophs
    • Discuss
    • 6. In photosynthesis________

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    • A. Light energy is converted into chemical energy
    • B. Chemical energy is converted into Light energy
    • C. Chemical energy is converted into electrical energy
    • D. Light energy is converted into Mechanical energy
    • Discuss
    • 7. Smallest bone of human body is _________

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    • A. Nails
    • B. Fibula
    • C. Bone of nose
    • D. Stapes
    • Discuss
    • 8. A true species in mauritius failed to reproduce because of the extinction of a fruit eating bird. Which one of the following was that bird?

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    • A. Dove
    • B. Dodo
    • C. Condor
    • D. Skua
    • Discuss
    • 9. Pollination is best defined as

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    • A. growth of pollen tube in ovule
    • B. visiting flowers by insects
    • C. germination of pollen grains
    • D. transfer of pollen from anther to stigma
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of these is Not a Carcinogen?

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    • A. Cadmium
    • B. Asbestos
    • C. Benzene
    • D. All the above
    • Discuss


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