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Biology and Science Terminology

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Science terminology forms the foundation of understanding various biological and physical disciplines. This practice hub features questions on the specific study fields, names of scientific branches, and essential definitions. These questions frequently appear in general science sections of competitive exams.

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Biology and Science Terminology Questions

Multiple choice

The branch of science, which deals with improvement of human race genetically is

  1. Euthenics

  2. Eugenics

  3. Euphenics

  4. genetics
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Eugenics is the branch of study concerned with imporvement of human race by application of principles of genetic traits and thus improving human genotypes and gene pool. Euthenics is the branch of applied genetics under which are studied the ways and means of providing the best environmental conditions to ensure complete expression of all eugenics traits in developing children. Euphenics is the study of improvemnet of human race by altering the proteins during translation process in cells. This is also called medical engineering. Genetics is the study of hereditary characters and their inheritance.

Multiple choice

Study related to cosmos is called

  1. concord

  2. cosmology

  3. cretan

  4. none of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Cosmology is the branch of astronomy that involves the origin and evolution of the universe, from the Big Bang to today and on into the future.

Multiple choice

Artificial Intelligence is a branch of

  1. Biology

  2. Mechanical Engineering

  3. Computer Science

  4. Natural Science
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Artificial Intelligence is a subfield of computer science focused on creating systems capable of performing tasks that typically require human intelligence.

Multiple choice

The study of nervous system and its disorder is called

  1. urology

  2. haematology

  3. neurology

  4. herpentology
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C Correct answer
Explanation

 The study of nervous system and its disorders is called neurology. Neurology deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the central and peripheral nervous system (and its subdivisions, the autonomic nervous system and the somatic nervous system); including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue, such as muscle.

Multiple choice

The real description would demand, of course, an exact measurement of the height of the mountain and the geological analysis of its structure, or an exact classification of the tree and the bird, with a complete description of their organs, and in each organ the various tissues have to be described, and in each tissue the various cells, and ______________________.

What is the most critical completion of the passage?

  1. this is called analytical enquiry

  2. the enquiry goes on

  3. the enquiry continues without an end in sight

  4. this is the basis of all scientific thinking

  5. the microscopist goes further and describes the structure of the cell
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E Correct answer
Explanation

The passage progresses from the whole to the progressively smaller parts. The logical and progressive follow up to the inquiry into tissues would be an explanation of the cell structure. The body, the organs, the tissues, the cells, the cell structure - the progression continues for the microscopist.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is a correct match?

  1. Pedology - study of feet

  2. Physiology - study of animal physique

  3. Kinesiology - study of fossils

  4. Limnology - study of fresh water ecosystem
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The structure and function of a fresh water ecosystem is called limnology.

Multiple choice

Which word is related to a dead body?

  1. Canister

  2. Autopsy

  3. Biospy

  4. Morsal
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Autopsy is a post-mortem examination of a dead body to determine cause of death. Canister is a container, Biospy (typo for biopsy) is for living tissue, and Morsal is not a standard English word.