Milk is made of globular proteins known as casein. Here curd forms because of the chemical reaction between the lactic acid bacteria and casein.... View Article
Soil erosion removes the surface soil. Surface soil has the highest biological activity and the greatest amount of organic matter. This causes a... View Article
Which of the following is responsible for Fluctuations in population? (a) Natality (b) Mortality (c) Immigration (d) Emmigration Answer: (a),... View Article
Camillo Golgi, an Italian physician, discovered the Golgi apparatus in 1898. The structure of the Golgi Apparatus The Golgi apparatus, also... View Article
Bile is produced in the liver. It helps in the digestion of fats by a process called emulsification. Bile juice is a digestive fluid produced... View Article
Bile or bile juice is a dark green to yellowish-brown fluid produced by the liver of most vertebrates that aids the digestion of lipids in the... View Article
Prop roots of the banyan tree are meant for providing support to a big tree. They act as pillar-like roots, which give extra mechanical consent... View Article
Chiasmata are X-shaped structures formed between chromatids during the prophase of meiosis. The significance of chiasmata is that the final stage... View Article
Hunger pangs continue in our stomach for 30 to 40 minutes. When the level of glucose in the blood fall, we get hunger pangs in the stomach.... View Article
Transverse binary fission takes place in ciliates. For example, it occurs in Paramecium. We know that binary fission in organisms can happen in... View Article
Meiosis is the mechanism by which conservation of specific chromosome number of each species is achieved across generations in sexually... View Article
The phylum does earthworm belongs is 'Annelida' and the main feature of this phylum is segmented body. An earthworm is a terrestrial invertebrate.... View Article
The lipase digestive enzyme is called steapsin. Steapsin belongs to the group of digestive enzymes called lipases found in the pancreatic juice... View Article
A cell wall is defined as the non-living component covering the outmost layer of a cell. In a plant cell, the cell wall is made up of cellulose,... View Article