Who discovered or invented the following:
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Penicillin: Alexander Fleming
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X-Ray: Rontgen
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Telephone: Graham Bell
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Blood Circulation: William Harvey
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Bicycle: Macmillan
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Dynamite: Alfred Noble
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Mercury Thermometer: Fahrenheit
Name the diseases which are caused by the deficiency of the following:
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Vitamin A: Night Blindness
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Vitamin B: Beri Beri
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Vitamin C: Scurvy
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Vitamin K: Hemophilia
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Insulin: Diabetes Mellitus
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Iodine: Goitter
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Gastrin: Diarrhea
Fill in the blanks:
• The process of digestion begins in
Mouth
• Sometimes when white blood corpuscles greatly increase in number, they cause a disease called
Leukemia
• The principle of wireless telegraphy was discovered by
Marconi
• Earth is one of
8 planets which revolve around the sun. (I think Pluto has been ratified as a dwarf planet now, so this makes the number 8)
• The planet nearest to the sun is
Mercury
• In 1975, Apollo and
Soyuz docked with each other in the space.
• Swim bladder is found in some
Fish Species
Make matching pairs from list A and list B:
List A List B
Sleeping Sickness Malpighian Tubules
Ring Worm Insulin
Sulphur Bessemer Process
Protein Fungus
Kidney Amino Acids
Steel Contact process
Pancreas Tse Tse Fly
Anwer: Sleeping Sickness: Tse Tse Fly; Ring Worm: Fungus; Sulphur: Contact Process; Protein: Amino Acids; Kidney: Malpighian Tubules; Steel: Bessemer Process; Pancreas: Insulin.
What are the uses of following instruments:
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Chronometer: longitude of vessel over sea
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Lactometer: density of milk
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Gyroscope: used with compass in aircraft and ship etc.
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Periscope: viewing objects above eye or head level of observer
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Barometer: atmospheric pressure
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Seismometer: record earthquake intensity
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Galvanometer: measure small electric current
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Tachometer: velocity of shaft
Where do the following animals occur:
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Kiwi: NewZealand
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Kangaroo: Australia & New Guinea
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Ostrich: Africa
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Rhea: South America
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Emu: Australia
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Rattle Snack: America
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Snow Leopard: Central Asian mountains
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Yak: North India
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things have started to repeat)