Concept of biodiversity

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 12, 2022 Recommended

Components and sources of food

The food eaten by any one comprises many different components like – Carbohydrates, Proteins, fats, Minerals, and Vitamins and water. For humans and big animals water too has been accepted as a necessary component of food.

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October 25, 2020 Recommended

Flights of Birds

Discoveries and inventions have made human lives easy and comfortable. Men have stopped walking long distances. But his does not relate to flying of birds. They continue flying and flying for ages very high and up to amazingly long distances.

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February 15, 2021 Recommended

The Wise Owl: Let’s Protect Owl

Most of us have seen owls in our surroundings. Owls are hard to be seen in natural settings because they usually remain active during nights only.

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July 5, 2021 Recommended

Grow Salai Trees for Health and Economic Growth

Salai tree or the Boswellia is the tree of economic and medicinal importance.

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September 22, 2024 Recommended

Structure and Functions of Ecosystems

The environment has two basic components: Biotic and Abiotic. The biotic components of an ecosystem are living beings—plants, animals, and…

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December 28, 2022 Recommended

Madua, a very nutritive coarse grain crop

Madua or ragi or finger millet which falls under coarse grain is a very nutritive diet. The Indian Government has declared an integrated policy to encourage the use of coarse grain. Through it is clear that importance of coarse grain is about to rise in near future.

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August 17, 2022 Recommended

People’s Movements to protect forests

There have been a number of environmental movements in India through which people have been protesting for conservation of forests and other natural resources. Here some important People’s Movements have been introduced in brief.

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September 2, 2022 Recommended

Shelter – Definition, Need and Types

The dictionary meaning of a shelter is – something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal or anything is protected from adverse conditions, and where it can reproduce is called as a shelter.

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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 1, 2021 Recommended

Grow Pakad for more oxygen

Pakad or Ficus virens is one significant tree of the Panchvati group. Panchvati is the group of five sacred or important trees worshipped and adorned in the Hindu culture since ancient time.

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May 13, 2021 Recommended

Now, Mid-Day- Meal to Helpless Seniors

The Government of India is planning to offer mid-day-meal to the helpless elderly persons also. Till now, school going children of up to 8th standard of schooling were provided free mid-day- meal in their schools.

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