Home
Class 12
BIOLOGY
Organisms that can tolerate a wide range...

Organisms that can tolerate a wide range of salt concentration are termed as

A

stenosaline

B

stenohaline

C

euryhaline

D

eurysaline

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
C
Euryhaline organisms are able to tolerate a wide range of salt concentration (or salinities). E.g., Poecilia sphenops is a fishthat can live in fresh water, brackish water or salt water.
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE

    NCERT FINGERTIPS|Exercise Molecular Basis Of Inheritance|151 Videos

  • PRACTICE PAPERS

    NCERT FINGERTIPS|Exercise Practice paper|150 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Concentration term

Animals that can tolerate a narrow range of salinity are

All oraganisms can not tolerate a wide range of salinities.

Some organisms are tolerant to a narrow range of salinity and are termed as

________ are the organisms that can tolerate a wide range of salinity.

Species that can tolerate wide range of salinity are called ……….

Organisms which can tolerate and thrive in wide range of temperature are called

Organisms which have a wide range of salinty to leracnce are called as ________.

NCERT FINGERTIPS-ORGANISMS AND POPULATION-Organisms And Population
  1. Which of the following options is correct ?

    Text Solution

    |

  2. Water is the second most important factor influencing life of organism...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. Organisms that can tolerate a wide range of salt concentration are ter...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. A freshwater organism cannot survive in a water body that has greater ...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. Life is sustainable with water only because

    Text Solution

    |

  6. A place has very scanty rainfall, the dominant plants there mat be

    Text Solution

    |

  7. Many freshwater organisms cannot live for long in seawater because the...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. Three water bodies were tested for salinity of water. Water body X sho...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. Given figure represents the different zones of a lake or a pond. ...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. Many animals use the diurnal and seasonal variations in light intensit...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Nature and proerties of soil depends upon

    Text Solution

    |

  12. Water holding capacity of the soil depends upon

    Text Solution

    |

  13. Which of the following statements is incorrect ?

    Text Solution

    |

  14. Read the following statements and select the correct ones. (i) All ...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. Given figure represents the soil profile, showing different layers/hor...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. An animal that can survive at 10^(@)C and 40^(@)C both, can be placed ...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. Given graph represents the response of organisms to various abiotic fa...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. The given graph represents how three different living organisms (X,Y a...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. Organisms that can maintain a constant internal temperature are called...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. When we are in a hot room, we sweat profuselt. It is a means of mainta...

    Text Solution

    |