Biodiversity and Conservation
- During adverse season, therophytes survive by
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Terophytes are those plants which survive the adverse season like winter as a seed and complete their life cycle between spring and autumn.
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Terophytes are those plants which survive the adverse season like winter as a seed and complete their life cycle between spring and autumn.
- Flamingoes breed in
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Flamingoes breed in chilka lake.
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Flamingoes breed in chilka lake.
- If the forest cover is reduced to half, what is most likely to happen on a long term basis?
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If the forest cover is reduced to half, large areas will become deserts ,
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If the forest cover is reduced to half, large areas will become deserts.
- Bulk fixation of carbon through photosynthesis takes place in
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Bulk fixation of carbon through photosynthesis takes place in oceans, due to presence of majority of phytoplanktons.
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Bulk fixation of carbon through photosynthesis takes place in oceans, due to presence of majority of phytoplanktons.
- Which animal has become extinct from India?
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The ‘Cheetah’ has become extinct from India. The endangered subspecies Acinonyx jubatus venaticus lives in Asia (Iran). In 1990, there were reports in the Times of India of a cheetah sighting in eastern India. There is a chance some cheetahs remain in India, though it is doubtful. There have also been reports of Asiatic cheetahs in the Balochistan Province of Pakistan, though these continue to be unverified. The cheetah prefers to live in an open biotope, such as semi-desert, prairie, and thick bush.
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The ‘Cheetah’ has become extinct from India. The endangered subspecies Acinonyx jubatus venaticus lives in Asia (Iran). In 1990, there were reports in the Times of India of a cheetah sighting in eastern India. There is a chance some cheetahs remain in India, though it is doubtful. There have also been reports of Asiatic cheetahs in the Balochistan Province of Pakistan, though these continue to be unverified. The cheetah prefers to live in an open biotope, such as semi-desert, prairie, and thick bush.