(a) What is El Nino effect? Explain how it accounts for biodiversity loss.
(b) Explain any three measures that you as an individual would take, to reduce environmental pollution.
Mention the kind of biodiversity of more than a thousand varieties of mangoes in India represent. How is it possible?
Genetic diversity is represented by a large variety of mangoes in India. Genetic diversity is seen due to the difference in the soil of different areas, different agricultural practices and use of different horticulture techniques like grafting and breeding in different areas.
(a) Why should we conserve biodiversity? How can we do it?
(b) Explain the importance of biodiversity hot-spots and sacred groves.
Differentiate between in-situ and ex-situ approaches of conservation / of biodiversity.
The cell division involved in gamete formation is not of the same type in different organisms. Justify.