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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August 20, 2022 Recommended

Energy from Oceans- Tidal Energy, Wave Energy and Oceanic Thermal Energy

Ocean is a vast natural resource of water. These have also been examined in the search for alternate sources of energy-generation. For example, gravitational pull, by sun and moon causes tides, in which sea level rises and falls, two times in 24 hours. When it rises, sea water may be diverted through suitable channels, to inshore reservoirs driving the turbines, during its entry.

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March 6, 2022 Recommended

Restrictions on Play- Some Gender Issues II

In early society, girls were restricted from play. They were restricted inside homes. But, now it is considered that Play is fundamental to children’s happiness and well-being, and the evidence shows that it is also influential in their health and processes of future life developments.

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November 11, 2021 Recommended

Evidences of evolution of life

Studies and researches that are done in different fields from time to time show increasing complexities in organisms than their ancestors. These studies and evidences show many important evidences of organic evolution.

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February 16, 2025 Recommended

Pesticides, their Types and Side Effects

A Pesticide is a chemical substance of natural or synthetic origin. It is applied in different forms to kill pests. Pests are living organisms that tend to harm humans, their crops and animals or have a tendency to disturb general household and living conditions. Some organisms can also be applied to kill pests. These organisms are called as biopesticides. On the other hand, pesticides that are synthesized in factories are called as synthetic pesticides.

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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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May 27, 2021 Recommended

Respiration in Aquatic and Terrestrial Animals

Respiration is different in aquatic and terrestrial animals. Aquatic animals repire by means of gills and skin while terrestrial animals breathe in through lungs.

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June 2, 2021 Recommended

Photosynthesis: Experimental Studies

Experimental Studies on Photosynthesis

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September 18, 2022 Recommended

Combating Global Warming and Climate Change

The Industrial Policy Initiative undertaken by the Central Government in July 1991, made the Indian Industry to compete on International Levels. As a result, an Industrial Licensing Policy was adopted in 1991. It was followed by a number of steps like Liberalization of Foreign Investment in Banking Sector, Technological Collaboration with other countries, Creation of Special Economic Zones and, Simplification of Industrial Licensing and Promotion of Exports etc.

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February 20, 2021 Recommended

Onions of Flowerless Plants: POH-1 Developed in Punjab

The scientists of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana worked for ten years to develop a new High Yielding Variety of onion entitled POH-1.

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December 27, 2020 Recommended

Our Environment has a Limit of Tolerance

We have been hearing about environmental pollution, loss of biodiversity, energy crisis, and the sustainable environment since long. So many things have already been infused in school syllabi as well. But how many of us really apply in our real life the things about which we have read in our classes? If you collect yourselves and think seriously, you may find that you are still not as careful as you are supposed to be.

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December 23, 2021 Recommended

Ecosystem and its components

The total area where living beings are found is called as biosphere. It can be divided into many small independent units called as Ecosystem. In fact, the unit of biosphere which incorporates many types of microorganisms, plants and animals, physical factors like soil, water, air etc. interacting among themselves is called as ecosystem

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