Important Scientific Terms MCQs with Answers

Past Paper MCQ

The interdisciplinary study of human population is called?

• A.Sociology
• B.Ethnography
• C.Anthropology
• D.Demography

Past Paper MCQ

What is the branch of biology that deals with organisms living in the oceans?

• A.Ecology
• B.Oceanography
• C.Limnology
• D.Marine Biology

The process of vaporizing a solid substance and condensing the vapours to form the solid directly is known as?

• A.Sublimation
• B.Evaporation
• C.Condensation
• D.Distillation

Biologists use observations to develop a possible answer to a biological problem, that tentative answer is called _?

• A.Theory
• B.Hypothesis
• C.Law
• D.Observation

Science of chemical characteristics stands under the heading of ?

• A.Inorganic chemistry
• B.Physical chemistry
• C.Organic chemistry
• D.Analytical chemistry

Property of a substance to absorb moisture from air on exposure, is called?

• A.Hygroscopy
• B.Desiccation
• C.Efflorescence
• D.Deliquescence

Biology is the study of _?

• A.Only animals
• B.Only plants
• C.All living things
• D.Non-living things

What is meant by Horticulture?

• A.Study of growing flowers, fruits, vegetables, and gardening
• B.Study of insects and their life cycles
• C.Study of soil composition and fertility
• D.Study of forests and tree cultivation

Prenatal development of behaviour patterns is studied in ?

• A.Behavioural embryology
• B.Ethology
• C.Developmental psychology
• D.Teratology

Select the correct sequence of biological method?

• A.Hypothesis → Reasoning → Theory → Law
• B.Observation → Hypothesis → Experiment → Theory → Law
• C.Reasoning → Hypothesis → Experiment → Law
• D.Theory → Hypothesis → Observation → Law