Genetic Diversity Erosion: Causes and Impacts
Different types of plants and animals have been blessed with peculiar and important merits. These merits are expressed in plants and animals due to specific genes found in them.
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Modes of Reproduction
Two organisms- male and female are essential for sexual reproduction. Now let us study some basic methods of reproduction in single organisms.
Flowers and Flower Sellers
Flowers are most beautiful and attractive parts of a plant. These contain reproductive structures- male and female. Flowers containing any one of these structures are known as unisexual whereas flowers containing both the reproductive structures are known as bisexual.
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-.
Landfilling and Incineration
Land-filling is the process of disposing solid waste in low lands or into trenches through proper sanitary methods. It involves- collection, transport, compaction, etc. processes along with proper management for gas-outlet etc. For land filling, the important thing to be taken into account is the distance of waste collection site to the waste dumping site, because it involves cost of transportation.
Shelter for living organisms
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.
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
Our Food, Culture and Biodiversity
Thus, diversity of food is in fact the diversity of culture or at least you can say that cultural diversity of India is linked to its biodiversity. And so, the cultural diversity of the world is linked to its biodiversity. But often, we don’t get ready to accept it.
Sexual Reproduction in Plants
Sex organs of plants are found inside flowers. A male reproductive organ is called as Androecium and a female sex organ is called as Gynoecium.
Types of species
Species can be classified in many different ways. One species classification system may categorise species into Typological, evolutionary, and phylogenetic species.
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.
