The layer of the Earth's atmosphere that contains the protective ozone layer is the: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

Explanation:
Photosynthesis is the anabolic process in which plants, algae, and cyanobacteria convert CO₂ and H₂O into glucose and O₂ using light energy, catalyzed by chlorophyll. Respiration breaks down glucose to release energy, fermentation is anaerobic breakdown, chemosynthesis uses chemical energy (in some bacteria).

Explanation:
Vitamin C deficiency causes scurvy, marked by bleeding gums, poor wound healing, and anemia. Vitamin A deficiency causes night blindness. Vitamin B₁ deficiency causes beriberi. Vitamin D deficiency causes rickets/osteomalacia. Pellagra is due to niacin deficiency. Thus, the correct match is Vitamin C - Scurvy.

Explanation:
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was the first to observe and describe living microorganisms, including bacteria, using his single-lens microscopes. Robert Koch formulated Koch's postulates, a set of criteria to establish that a specific microorganism causes a specific disease. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin; streptomycin was discovered by Selman Waksman. Thus, statements 1 and 2 are correct.