biome

September 19, 2024

What is an Ecological Niche? How is it related to habitat?

Ecological Niche Dictionary defines the term Niche as a comfortable or suitable position in the life of a living being or a role taken by a type of organism within its community. In other words, an ecological niche is the role and position a species has in its environment, for example, how it meets its food and shelter needs, survives, and reproduces. A species’ niche includes all of its interactions with its environment’s biotic and abiotic factors.

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May 7, 2022 Recommended

Biotic Components of Ecosystem

Living beings in environment like animals and plants constitute more than half of the environment in the biosphere. All of these need to be conserved.

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August 27, 2020 Recommended

World Water Week 2020 – at Home

World Water Week Stockholm is celebrated every year from 23 to 28 Aug. every year. Due to pandemic covid-19 it is taking place from 24 to 28 Aug. this year with a theme- World Water Week at Home.

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August 22, 2022 Recommended

Food Production from Animals

The government have initiated a number of measures to increase the productivity of milch animals. It has resulted in an increase in the milk production significantly from the level of 102.6 million tonnes at the end of the tenth plan (2006 -2007) to 127.9 million tonnes at the end of the Eleventh plan (2011 -2012. The Annual Growth Rate of milk production was about 5% in 2011 -12 compared to 2010 -11.

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December 22, 2024 Recommended

Pollution load in the atmosphere from non-renewable sources – Coal and Petroleum

Non-renewable resources coal and petroleum are energy sources that we use and consume faster than the rate of their production in nature.

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December 22, 2022 Recommended

Adapting to the environment

Abrupt changes in environment often do not give time to an organism to get ready and to face the challenges. As such the organism can survive only when it has sufficient abilities to tolerate these changes.

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March 4, 2021 Recommended

Games and Sports: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Games are essential for physical and mental development of children.

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September 1, 2022 Recommended

Cooking and Fuels

The process of preparing food for consumption with the use of heat is called as cooking. The art and science of cooking is called as cookery.

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May 8, 2021 Recommended

How does Nutrition take place in Human Beings?

In a human being the ingestion of food is brought about in mouth where it is crushed into fine pieces by teeth.

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July 26, 2020 Recommended

Joy of eating fried and roasted food items in Monsoon season

Fried and roasted food rush into our memory today because lock down has locked us inside. As a result the forgotten dishes are now being served on the table. Stuffed brinjal, stuffed lady’s finger, stuffed Shimla mirch, parval etc. taste double when fried. The maincourse items that were long banned in the kitchen are occupying their places on the dining table.

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January 27, 2021 Recommended

Management and Protection of Crops

Proper arrangement of resources and techniques to check losses to crops through different factors is called as Crop Protection Management.

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October 14, 2022 Recommended

Post Stockholm Developments

Environment and its components like wildlife and Natural Resources constitute the vital life support system for all life on this planet. The protection of these through the cumulative efforts of the world community started across globe due to the persistent efforts of the United Nations through its Environmental Programme (UNEP).

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