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Answer: Option D. -> Reptiles
BIRDS EVOLVED FROM THEROPOD DINOSAURS DURING THE JURASSIC AROUND 165–150 MILLION YEARS AGO. BIRDS AREN’T JUST CLOSELY RELATED TO DINOSAURS, THEY REALLY ARE DINOSAURS! THIS IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE MEAN WHEN THEY SAY THAT BIRDS ARE REPTILES, ALTHOUGH TECHNICALLY ACCORDING TO THE PHYLOGENETIC SYSTEM MAMMALS ARE ALSO REPTILES.
BIRDS EVOLVED FROM THEROPOD DINOSAURS DURING THE JURASSIC AROUND 165–150 MILLION YEARS AGO. BIRDS AREN’T JUST CLOSELY RELATED TO DINOSAURS, THEY REALLY ARE DINOSAURS! THIS IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE MEAN WHEN THEY SAY THAT BIRDS ARE REPTILES, ALTHOUGH TECHNICALLY ACCORDING TO THE PHYLOGENETIC SYSTEM MAMMALS ARE ALSO REPTILES.
Answer: Option A. -> Common cold
A VIRAL DISEASE (OR VIRAL INFECTION OR INFECTIOUS DISEASE), OCCURS WHEN AN ORGANISM’S BODY IS INVADED BY PATHOGENIC VIRUS, AND INFECTIOUS VIRUS PARTICLES (VIRIONS) ATTACH TO AND ENTER SUSCEPTIBLE CELLS.
A VIRAL DISEASE (OR VIRAL INFECTION OR INFECTIOUS DISEASE), OCCURS WHEN AN ORGANISM’S BODY IS INVADED BY PATHOGENIC VIRUS, AND INFECTIOUS VIRUS PARTICLES (VIRIONS) ATTACH TO AND ENTER SUSCEPTIBLE CELLS.
Answer: Option A. -> Starch
CEREALS WHICH ARE MADE WITH PUFFED OR POWDERED RICE AND REFINED WHEAT TYPICALLY CONTAIN STARCH. STARCH IS THE MOST COMMON FORM OF CARBOHYDRATE AND TYPICALLY FOUND IN STAPLE GRAINS LIKE RICE, WHEAT, AND CORN.
CEREALS WHICH ARE MADE WITH PUFFED OR POWDERED RICE AND REFINED WHEAT TYPICALLY CONTAIN STARCH. STARCH IS THE MOST COMMON FORM OF CARBOHYDRATE AND TYPICALLY FOUND IN STAPLE GRAINS LIKE RICE, WHEAT, AND CORN.
Answer: Option C. -> Clove
CLOVES ARE BROWN, HARD, AND NAIL-LIKE IN SHAPE. THE ENGLISH NAME DERIVES FROM THE LATIN CLAVUS (NAIL) AND THE FRENCH WORD FOR NAIL IS CLOU. AS A SPICE, IN WHOLE OR POWDER FORM, CLOVES ARE USED IN CUISINES ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
CLOVES ARE BROWN, HARD, AND NAIL-LIKE IN SHAPE. THE ENGLISH NAME DERIVES FROM THE LATIN CLAVUS (NAIL) AND THE FRENCH WORD FOR NAIL IS CLOU. AS A SPICE, IN WHOLE OR POWDER FORM, CLOVES ARE USED IN CUISINES ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
Answer: Option B. -> Iron
ANAEMIA IS CAUSED BY A SHORTAGE OF IRON IN YOUR BODY. YOUR BONE MARROW NEEDS IRON TO MAKE HEMOGLOBIN. WITHOUT ADEQUATE IRON, YOUR BODY CAN’T PRODUCE ENOUGH HEMOGLOBIN FOR RED BLOOD CELLS.
ANAEMIA IS CAUSED BY A SHORTAGE OF IRON IN YOUR BODY. YOUR BONE MARROW NEEDS IRON TO MAKE HEMOGLOBIN. WITHOUT ADEQUATE IRON, YOUR BODY CAN’T PRODUCE ENOUGH HEMOGLOBIN FOR RED BLOOD CELLS.
Answer: Option C. -> Heart
A PACEMAKER IS A SMALL DEVICE THAT’S PLACED IN THE CHEST OR ABDOMEN TO HELP CONTROL ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHMS. THIS DEVICE USES ELECTRICAL PULSES TO PROMPT THE HEART TO BEAT AT A NORMAL RATE.
A PACEMAKER IS A SMALL DEVICE THAT’S PLACED IN THE CHEST OR ABDOMEN TO HELP CONTROL ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHMS. THIS DEVICE USES ELECTRICAL PULSES TO PROMPT THE HEART TO BEAT AT A NORMAL RATE.
Answer: Option A. -> Red blood cells
HEMOGLOBIN IS THE IRON-CONTAINING OXYGEN-TRANSPORT METALLOPROTEIN IN THE RED BLOOD CELLS OF ALMOST ALL VERTEBRATES AS WELL AS THE TISSUES OF SOME INVERTEBRATES. HAEMOGLOBIN IN THE BLOOD CARRIES OXYGEN FROM THE LUNGS OR GILLS TO THE REST OF THE BODY.
HEMOGLOBIN IS THE IRON-CONTAINING OXYGEN-TRANSPORT METALLOPROTEIN IN THE RED BLOOD CELLS OF ALMOST ALL VERTEBRATES AS WELL AS THE TISSUES OF SOME INVERTEBRATES. HAEMOGLOBIN IN THE BLOOD CARRIES OXYGEN FROM THE LUNGS OR GILLS TO THE REST OF THE BODY.
Answer: Option C. -> Nutmeg
NUTMEG IS A DARK-LEAVED EVERGREEN TREE CULTIVATED FOR TWO SPICES DERIVED FROM ITS FRUIT: NUTMEG, FROM ITS SEED, AND MACE, FROM THE SEED COVERING. ALTHOUGH USED IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE FOR TREATING VARIOUS DISORDERS, NUTMEG HAS NO KNOWN MEDICINAL VALUE.
NUTMEG IS A DARK-LEAVED EVERGREEN TREE CULTIVATED FOR TWO SPICES DERIVED FROM ITS FRUIT: NUTMEG, FROM ITS SEED, AND MACE, FROM THE SEED COVERING. ALTHOUGH USED IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE FOR TREATING VARIOUS DISORDERS, NUTMEG HAS NO KNOWN MEDICINAL VALUE.
Answer: Option B. -> Water
XYLEM IS A TYPE OF TISSUE IN VASCULAR PLANTS THAT TRANSPORTS WATER AND SOME NUTRIENTS FROM THE ROOTS TO THE LEAVES. WATER IS PASSIVELY TRANSPORTED INTO THE ROOTS AND THEN INTO THE XYLEM. THE FORCES OF COHESION AND ADHESION CAUSE THE WATER MOLECULES TO FORM A COLUMN IN THE XYLEM.
XYLEM IS A TYPE OF TISSUE IN VASCULAR PLANTS THAT TRANSPORTS WATER AND SOME NUTRIENTS FROM THE ROOTS TO THE LEAVES. WATER IS PASSIVELY TRANSPORTED INTO THE ROOTS AND THEN INTO THE XYLEM. THE FORCES OF COHESION AND ADHESION CAUSE THE WATER MOLECULES TO FORM A COLUMN IN THE XYLEM.
Answer: Option C. -> Polio vaccine
ALBERT BRUCE SABIN WAS A POLISH AMERICAN MEDICAL RESEARCHER, BEST KNOWN FOR DEVELOPING THE ORAL POLIO VACCINE, WHICH HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN NEARLY ERADICATING THE DISEASE.
ALBERT BRUCE SABIN WAS A POLISH AMERICAN MEDICAL RESEARCHER, BEST KNOWN FOR DEVELOPING THE ORAL POLIO VACCINE, WHICH HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN NEARLY ERADICATING THE DISEASE.