General Knowledge Questions

Photosynthesis takes place inside plant cells in small things called chloroplasts.

Chloroplasts contain a green substance called chlorophyll and this absorbs the light energy needed to make photosynthesis happen.

True, Stress is a factor that contributes to heart disease risk.

More factors that contributes to heart disease risk are blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking, physical inactivity and overeating.

In Type 1 diabetes, body do not produce any insulin. In type 2 diabetes, body can produce some insulin.

Hence, the given statement that most type 2 diabetics do not produce insulin is "FALSE."

Plants are photosynthetic autotrophs, which means that they are able to produce their own food through the process called photosynthesis.

In photosynthesis, plants use light, water, and carbon dioxide to create glucose, which they convert to cellulose and use to make new cells.

Hence, that is why, Plants are called photosynthetic autotrophs.

About 150 - 200 species of plant, insect, bird and mammal become extinct every day or 24 hrs.

This is not an accurate but an estimation by U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity and Global Extinction Rates. It is also said that current extinctions were 'up to 100 times higher than the background rate.'