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Multiple choice evs interdependence in our environment meaning of environment significance of biodiversity habitat and adaptation

Which of the following biotic component is responsible for waste degradation?

  1. Producer

  2. Consumer

  3. Decomposers

  4. All of the above
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Decomposers, such as bacteria and fungi, break down dead organic matter into simpler substances. This process is essential for recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem.

Multiple choice evs interdependence in our environment meaning of environment significance of biodiversity habitat and adaptation

Decomposers are considered as an abiotic component of the environment.

  1. True

  2. False
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Decomposers such as bacteria and fungi are living organisms, which classify them as biotic components of the ecosystem, not abiotic components. Abiotic components refer to non-living physical and chemical factors like temperature, light, and minerals.

Multiple choice evs interdependence in our environment meaning of environment significance of biodiversity habitat and adaptation

Presence of higher diversity at the junction of territories of two different habitats is called  

  1. Bottle neck effect

  2. Edge effect

  3. Junction effect

  4. Pasteur effect
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The edge effect is an ecological concept that describes how there is a greater diversity of life in the region where the edges two adjacent ecosystems overlap, such as land/water, or forest/grassland.

So the correct answer is 'Edge effect'.

Multiple choice evs interdependence in our environment meaning of environment significance of biodiversity habitat and adaptation

Land occupied for human habitation in India is

  1. 8%

  2. 6%

  3. 4.5%

  4. 3.6%
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A Correct answer
Explanation
One-fourth of earth's area is land which is covered by forests, agricultural farms and the urban and rural habitats of man. Out of total land area on earth, 52% of land is covered by forests, 20 % is occupied by deserts, 11% is occupied by agricultural farms and 2.6% is occupied by human settlements.
In India, out of total land surface, human habitation occupies 8% land, agricultural farms occupy 43% and forests occupy 23% of the total land.
So, the correct answer is '8%'.
Multiple choice evs interdependence in our environment meaning of environment significance of biodiversity habitat and adaptation

Which term describes the mailing address where an organism lives?

  1. Competitive exclusion

  2. Habitat

  3. Niche

  4. Mimicry
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B Correct answer
Explanation
A habitat is the type of natural environment in which a particular species of organism lives and is characterized by both physical and biological features. A 'species' habitat are those places where a particular species can find food, shelter, protection and mates for reproduction. Every organism has certain habitat needs for the conditions in which it will thrive, but some are tolerant of wide variations while others are very specific in their requirements. A habitat is not necessarily a geographical area, it can be the interior of a stem, a rotten log, a rock or a clump of moss, and for a parasitic organism it is the body of its host, etc.
So the correct option is 'habitat'.