The Ecotrends

October 11, 2024

Biodiversity, Its Concept, Values, Loss, and Causes of Loss

An association of all the plants at a particular place is called a Plant Community and the association of all the animals at the same place is called an Animal Community. Both the plant and animal communities inhabit a particular place living completely merged and interacting among them. Members of a community not only interact with the members of other communities, they interact with the members of their community and with the physical environment around them, as well.

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August 7, 2020

Teaching the Environmental Education

Teaching of environmental education is rather different. In involves practical experiences. For this both indoor and outdoor studies are essential.It also involves parents and community

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January 29, 2021 Recommended

Animal Husbandry and Milch Cattle

We rear and take care of animals to take their support in food production. Their systematic and proper rearing and also the arrangement for their proper reproduction and management are called as Animal Husbandry.

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September 3, 2024 Recommended

What is Ecosystem? What are its components?

The environment of our earth has a number of life zones that support birth and development of all types of organisms.

All the life zones of the earth are collectively called as Biosphere.

The biosphere vertically extends into the atmosphere up to about 10 km and downwards into the oceans up to a depth of about6.9 km.

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June 26, 2022 Recommended

Grow Banyan and Tamarind for a better environment

Both the banyan and tamarind trees have large canopy and plenty of leaves. These produce lots of oxygen and absorb lots of carbon dioxide. Thus, besides numerous other benefits they keep up the balance of environment.

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August 28, 2024 Recommended

What is Ozone layer? How is it depleted and what are the control measures?

Ozone absorbs ultraviolet radiations so that much of it is never allowed to reach to the earth surface. The protective umbrella of ozone layer in the stratosphere protects the earth from harmful ultraviolet radiations. Ozone plays an important role in the biology and climatology on the earth’s environment. It filters out all the radiations that remain below 3000Å. Radiations below this wavelength are biologically harmful. Hence any depletion of ozone layer is sure to exert catastrophic impacts on life in the biosphere.

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December 25, 2021 Recommended

Relations among components of ecosystem and Food Chains

Green plants and trees that synthesize their own food are called as Autotrophs.Others who depend on them are called as Heterotrophs.

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January 6, 2024 Recommended

Urban and Rural Waste and their Management

Different activities may generate waste which may be solid or liquid. The quality of both solid and liquid wastes is increasing and if the wastes are disposed in an uncontrolled manner these may cause adverse impact on public health and environment. Hence these wastes need to be managed efficiently so as to safeguard public health and environment. In definitional terms, solid and liquid waste management is the collection, transportation, processing, recycling, treatment and disposal of waste materials.

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August 10, 2024 Recommended

Toucan- a cute and cruel but friendly and smart bird

Toucan is a cute and friendly bird with a small rounded tail and a long, red and amazing bill. It belongs to family Ramphastidae of zoological order Piciformes belonging to the genus Ramphastos.

There are 37 species in Ramphastidae and the largest birds are known as Toco toucan. The bird about which we are going to talk about right now is the Toucan – yes, the Ramphastos aerial. You might have seen some famous TV serials with Toucan as one of the leading characters on the National Geographic; or some famous children’s films with Toucan as here- like Rio-.

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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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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 29, 2024 Recommended

Macro and Micro Ecosystems and Relation among Organisms

A habitat is the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.

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