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Diversity in the living world - class-XII

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Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding biodiversity?

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It is a measure of the amount of resources shared by the human population.
💡 Explanation:
  • Biodiversity refers to the variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is typically a measure of variation at the genetic, species, and ecosystem level.
  • It deals with biological and geographical units such as genes, chromosomes, species, families and biogeographic religions
  • It is an additional sum of genetic, taxonomic and ecosystem diversity.
  • Biodiversity is a measure of species richness i.e  The number of groups of genetically or functionally related individuals.
  • Hence Biodiversity is a measure of the number of resources shared by the human population is a wrong statement.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Option C'.
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