General Science Questions

Nutrients that are needed in large amounts are called Macronutrients.

There are three macronutrients required by humans:

1. carbohydrates (sugar),

2. lipids (fats), and

3. proteins.

Each of these macronutrients provides energy in the form of calories.

Some other macronutrients are: nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), sulfur (S), magnesium (Mg), sodium (Na).

Protein digestion occurs in the stomach and duodenum in which 3 main enzymes:

1. Pepsin secreted by the stomach 

2. Trypsin and

3. Chymotrypsin secreted by the pancreas

Break down food proteins into polypeptides that are then broken down by various exopeptidases and dipeptidases into amino acids.

The antiseptic compound present in dettol is Enloroxylenol.

Drowsiness is the state of feeling sleepyness and tired in the day time. It affects our senses especially the sense of vision.

Helioseismology is the study of the solar interior using observations of waves on the Sun's surface. It has done much to improve our understanding of the interior of the Sun, testing the physical inputs used to model stellar interiors and providing a detailed map of the Sun's structure and internal rotation.

Concave type of glasses are used in the headlights of the vehicles as the light from the bulb which is at focus will converges out and spreads and reflects back parallely.