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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November 24, 2020 Recommended

The Story of Daddy Longlegs

Well, Daddy Longlegs or the Grandfather Grey Beard is a Cellar Spider named as Pholcus taxonomically. It is a member of the family Pholcidae (C.L.Koch, 1850). It is an Aranchomorph spider that comes under the phylum Arthropoda.

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January 5, 2025 Recommended

Recycling and Paper Industry

The process of recovering or reusing usable materials from discarded waste is called recycling. For example, about 15 per cent of Sulphuric acid is recycled in chemical manufacturing. In the early days, all the sulphur needed for the production of sulphuric acid was taken out of mines directly. But now, with the prevailing tendencies of recycling, sulphuric acid manufacturing industries are using sulphur from smelters, refineries, etc.

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May 20, 2022 Recommended

Control of Atmospheric Pollution

The Pollution of atmosphere leads to severe consequences on local, regional, national and international levels.

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December 15, 2020 Recommended

Jharkhand to Link Farmers with Mushroom Propagation

The Government of Jharkhand is preparing to add one more link in the chain of creating income source for farmers of the state.

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October 4, 2021 Recommended

Communities dependent on animals

Man has been keeping animals and depending on them for his livelihood since the origin of civilization. Washermen have been depending on donkeys since long for carrying clothes.

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October 16, 2024 Recommended

Biodiversity and its Importance

Biodiversity and other sources supply raw materials to many important industries. They have aesthetic value and appeal for ecotourism, which supports the growth of the national economy. They are also potential sources of pharmaceuticals, other chemicals, agricultural materials, etc.

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July 18, 2021 Recommended

Control of atmospheric pollution- methods and practices

The Pollution of atmosphere leads to severe consequences on local, regional, national and international levels.

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October 27, 2021 Recommended

Gobar Gas Plant in Barsana generates 300 units per day

The engineer couple of Chandigarh, Punjab has established a biogas plant in Barsana. From this plant about 300 unit electricity is generated per day. It is through this electricity that fourteen tube wells are run in the Goshalas.

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March 29, 2026 Recommended

Sustainable Development Goals and the Role of Education

Introduction In the era of the fourth industrial revolution where environmental degradation, economic inequality and social unrest are rampant, the…

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October 1, 2021 Recommended

Human Reproductive Health

The physical and mental conditions that collectively affect the reproductive capacity of a male or a female are called as reproductive health. The reproductive health is most essential for reproduction.

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January 19, 2021 Recommended

Animals : domestic and wild

Animals can be categorized mainly into two categories- domestic, and wild. However, the domestic animals that live under wild conditions are called Feral Animals.

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