Home
Class 12
BIOLOGY
Why do animals have greater diversificat...

Why do animals have greater diversification than plant diversity?

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The distribution of plants and animals is not uniform around the world. Organism require require different sets of conditions for their optimum metabolism and growth. Plants in general have the ability to withstand and overcome environmental fluctuations. Moreover, majority of plants are autotrophs so they can synthesize their own food, hence they show minimal modifications. In case of animals, they have to tolerate climatic fluctuations, migrate to other areas in search of food, or adapt themselves or their body parts according food they consume thus varying from ancestors leading to evolution of new species. Hence it is understood that climatic condition food source, predation, competition and other natural forces lead to much diversification among animals than in plants.
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • BIODIVERSITY AND ITS CONSERVATION

    FULL MARKS|Exercise Additional Questions (1-Mark Questions)|22 Videos
  • BIODIVERSITY AND ITS CONSERVATION

    FULL MARKS|Exercise Additional Questions (2-Mark Questions)|26 Videos
  • ASEXUAL AND SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS

    FULL MARKS|Exercise Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTs) Questions|9 Videos
  • CHROMOSOMAL BASIS OF INHERITANCE

    FULL MARKS|Exercise Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTs) Questions|3 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Why do males have Penis?

The species diversity of plants (22 per cent) is much less than that of animals (72 per cent). What could be the explanations to how animals achieved greater diversification?

India has a greater ecosystem diversity than a Scandinavian country like Norway. What kind of diversity does it represent?

Why do Aves have bones with air cavities?

Why do solids have a definite volume ?

Amazonian rain forests have the greatest biodiversity on earth. List any two hypotheses that are proposed by the biologists to account for the greater biological diversity.