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Class 8 · Science · Curiosity

2. The Invisible Living World: Beyond Our Naked Eye

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Curd is formed from milk by the bacterium

Answer and explanation

Answer: A. Lactobacillus

Lactobacillus turns milk sugar into lactic acid.

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Yeast is used in making bread because it

Answer and explanation

Answer: A. produces carbon dioxide that makes the dough rise

Yeast ferments sugar, releasing CO₂ gas.

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Malaria is caused by a protozoan and spread by

Answer and explanation

Answer: B. female Anopheles mosquitoes

The Plasmodium parasite is carried by female Anopheles mosquitoes.

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