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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 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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July 28, 2021 Recommended

Plant Movements

Growth and movements in plants occur due to internal and external factors. Plant hormones are internal factors while light, touch, gravity and other stimuli are external factors that affect plant growth and movements.

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July 28, 2022 Recommended

Approaches and techniques of Environment and Social Impact Assessment

Constructing a new infrastructure; expanding a residential area; building an industrial plant; increasing the capacity of an airport – are some typical examples of developments that can be carried out only if the competent planning authorities grant the authorization.

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March 28, 2021 Recommended

My Childhood Memories about Holi Festival

Holi is an ancient Hindu festival which is also called as the Festival of Colours, love and spring.

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January 13, 2023 Recommended

Aquatic Eco-System

Producers in running or Lotic type of ecosystem comprise species of algae, and plants that grow on embankments. Various varieties of molluscs, tadpoles, and insects are primary consumers whereas fish, crabs, and crustaceans are secondary consumers of this ecosystem. Numerous species of bacteria and few species of fungi act as decomposers in this ecosystem.

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April 5, 2022 Recommended

Exotic and Introduced Plants

Some propagules or seeds incidentally travel long distances and reach to other county. There they germinate and produce new plants.

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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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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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November 29, 2020 Recommended

Forest Rights Act and the Depletion of Forests

An act was passed on December 18 in the year 2006 in order to safeguard the forest rights of traditional forest dwellers in India. This act is called as the Scheduled Tribe and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.

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September 3, 2022 Recommended

Need for Living Together and Neighbourhood

Human beings needed to live together to have a family and to rear and develop children. They lived together for social security and social strength. Thus, human settlements were formed.
Neighbourhood is a geographically localized community within an area, may it be a rural area, a town or a city, or sub-urban.

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September 21, 2022 Recommended

Ant Colony and Bee Colony

Ant colonies are Eusocial which means living in a cooperative group in which usually one female and several males are reproductively active and the non-breeding individuals care for the young and protect the group. These are very much like those found in other social animals though the various groups of these developed sociality independently through convergent evolution.

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