10. Applied Biology [DEFINITIONS]

Question 1

Aquaculture

Answer 1

The food and agriculture organization (FAO) defines aquaculture as the farming of aquatic organisms, fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants.

Question 2

Aquarium

Answer 2

An aquarium is a container that is designed to hold water in which living organisms can be maintained over an extended period of time.

Question 3

Nursery

Answer 3

A nursery is a specialized place for young plants and seedlings to be produced for transplanting in another place.

Question 4

Tissue Culture

Answer 4

Tissue culture or Cell culture is the culture of free living cells or group of similar cells.

Question 5

Separation

Answer 5

Separation is a propagation method where naturally detachable structures (ex: rhizomes, bulbs and corms) are used

Question 6

Division

Answer 6

During division, it involves cutting or dividing the plant into sections with both roots and stems (ex: stolons and rooted runners)

Question 7

Cutting

Answer 7

Cutting propagation is one of the most important clonal regeneration technique used in horticulture industry (for ornamental plants, fruit trees) where adventitious root formation is a prerequisite

Question 8

Layering

Answer 8

Layering is a method of vegetative propagation where stems are rooted which attached to the parent plant

Question 9

Grafting

Answer 9

Grafting is joining two separate plants so that they later function as one healthy plant that has the best characteristics of two parent plants.

Question 10

Food Preservation

Answer 10

Food preservation is the process of treating and handling food to stop or greatly slow down spoilage (loss of quality, edibility, or nutritive value) caused or accelerated by micro-organisms.

Question 11

Postharvest Losses

Answer 11

Food losses that occur along the food supply chain from harvesting of a crop until its consumption is postharvest losses.

Question 12

Dengue

Answer 12

Dengue is a vector borne disease which is caused by an arbovirus which is a RNA virus

Question 13

Dengue

Answer 13

Dengue is a vector borne disease which is caused by an arbovirus which is a RNA virus

Question 14

Filariasis

Answer 14

Filariasis is one of the oldest debilitating diseases in the world being one of the major leading causes of permanent and long term disability.

Question 15

Nanotechnology

Answer 15

Nanotechnology is an emerging science involved in designing, building and manipulating minute structures at a nanometer level.

Question 16

Stem Cells

Answer 16

Stem cells are undifferentiated cells which can give rise to cells of the same type that can divide by mitosis without a limit (or at least for the lifetime of the animal)

Question 17

Adult Stem Cells

Answer 17

Adult stem cells are found throughout the body after development and are present in many tissues.