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#Question id: 11394


Foods can be preserved in many ways by slowing or preventing bacterial growth. Which of these methods would not generally inhibit bacterial growth?

#XL - S Microbiology
  1. Refrigeration: Slows bacterial metabolism and growth.
  2. Closing previously opened containers: Prevents more bacteria from entering, and excludes O2.

  3. Pickling: Creates a pH at which most bacterial enzymes cannot function.
  4. Canning in heavy sugar syrup: Creates osmotic conditions that remove water from most bacterial cells.

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#Question id: 11292

#XL - R Botany

In an pond ecosystem the _____ is always greater than the _____ .

(a) number of primary producers . . . number of secondary consumers

(b) biomass of secondary consumers . . . biomass of primary consumer

(c) assimilation efficiency of primary consumers . . . assimilation efficiency of secondary consumers

(d) biomass of primary producers . . . biomass of primary consumers

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#Question id: 11293

#XL - R Botany

Measurement of phytoplankton production, take sample of phytoplankton suspended in two bottles in lake. One bottle (D) is dark in colour but second bottle (L) light in colour. After some time productivity measure as follow Where Lo –oxygen concentration in light bottle, Do –oxygen concentration in Dark bottle, Io –oxygen concentration in bottle before incubation    

A)  Lo- Do                     B) Lo- Io  C) Io- Do

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#Question id: 11294

#XL - R Botany

A small lake has three trophic level – Phytoplankton(autotroph) , Zooplankton (herbivore ) and planktivorous fish ( primary carnivore) . In to this lake Population of some other primary carnivore introduced to study top down effect . What is expected long term consequence of this  introduction ?

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#Question id: 11295

#XL - R Botany

The amount of energy entering a food chain depends on the

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#Question id: 11296

#XL - R Botany

Which of the following statements is true?

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#Question id: 11297

#XL - R Botany

What is the difference between gross and net primary production?