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371

Which common everyday substance is used to test for the presence of glucose in food and turns brick-red when heated?

  • AIodine solution
  • BBenedict's solution
  • CLitmus paper
  • DUniversal indicator
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Correct Answer: Option B — Benedict's solution
Explanation: Benedict's solution is used to test for reducing sugars including glucose and turns from blue to brick-red when heated in the presence of glucose.
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372

Which common everyday substance is used to test for the presence of starch in food by turning blue-black?

  • AIodine solution
  • BLitmus paper
  • CBenedict's solution
  • DBiuret reagent
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Correct Answer: Option A — Iodine solution
Explanation: Iodine solution turns blue-black in the presence of starch making it a simple and reliable test for detecting starch in food items during food science investigations.
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373

Which cold-blooded vertebrate group lives entirely in water breathing through gills throughout its life?

  • AFish
  • BAmphibians
  • CReptiles
  • DMammals
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Correct Answer: Option A — Fish
Explanation: Fish are cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates that breathe through gills throughout their entire lives extracting dissolved oxygen from water as they swim.
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374

Which warm-blooded animal group nourishes its young with milk and typically gives birth to live young?

  • ABirds
  • BReptiles
  • CAmphibians
  • DMammals
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Correct Answer: Option D — Mammals
Explanation: Mammals are warm-blooded vertebrates that nourish their young with milk secreted from mammary glands most give birth to live young and have body hair or fur.
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375

Which cold-blooded animal group is covered in scales breathes air through lungs and lays eggs on land?

  • AAmphibians
  • BReptiles
  • CFish
  • DArthropods
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Correct Answer: Option B — Reptiles
Explanation: Reptiles are cold-blooded animals covered in scales that breathe through lungs and typically lay leathery eggs on land including snakes lizards turtles and crocodiles.
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376

Which type of animal can live both on land and in water, such as frogs and toads?

  • AReptiles
  • BMammals
  • CAmphibians
  • DFish
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Correct Answer: Option C — Amphibians
Explanation: Amphibians are cold-blooded animals adapted to live both on land and in water breathing through gills as larvae and developing lungs as adults examples include frogs toads and salamanders.
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377

Which animal group lacks a backbone and includes insects worms and molluscs?

  • AVertebrates
  • BAmphibians
  • CReptiles
  • DInvertebrates
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Correct Answer: Option D — Invertebrates
Explanation: Invertebrates are animals that lack a backbone representing approximately 97 percent of all animal species including insects worms spiders and molluscs.
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378

Which animal group is characterised by having a backbone or vertebral column?

  • AVertebrates
  • BInvertebrates
  • CArachnids
  • DArthropods
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Correct Answer: Option A — Vertebrates
Explanation: Vertebrates are animals characterised by having a backbone or vertebral column and include fish amphibians reptiles birds and mammals.
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379

Which everyday substance when mixed with water forms a solution that conducts electricity?

  • ASugar
  • BTable salt
  • CSand
  • DOil
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Correct Answer: Option B — Table salt
Explanation: Table salt sodium chloride dissolves in water and dissociates into positively charged sodium ions and negatively charged chloride ions which allow electric current to flow through the solution.
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380

Which everyday process involves the removal of dissolved impurities from water by passing it through a bed of sand and gravel?

  • AChlorination
  • BReverse osmosis
  • CDistillation
  • DFiltration through sand beds
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Correct Answer: Option D — Filtration through sand beds
Explanation: Sand bed filtration passes water through layers of sand and gravel that trap suspended particles and some bacteria providing one of the main stages in drinking water treatment.
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