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MODERN PUBLICATION-ORGANISMS AND POPULATIONS -REVISION EXERCISES (III. SHORT ANSWER TYPE - I QUESTIONS) (A. QUESTIONS FROM STATE BOARD EXAMINATIONS)
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  2. Define ecological niche. Give its types.

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  3. Explain why very small animals are rarely found in polar region.

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  5. What is mutalism? Give any two examples of this population interaction...

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  6. What are adaptations? State the adaptations found in desert plants to ...

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  7. What is mutualism? Give three examples

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  8. Define phenotypic adaptation. Give one example.

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  9. What is Brood parasitism ? Give one example of brood parasitism.

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  10. Discuss the categories of organisms on the basis of temperature tolera...

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  11. Define the following terms: (a) Parasitism (b) Aestivation (w.r.t to...

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  12. Define the following terms. (a) Mimicry (b) Hibernation (c) Habitat.

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  13. Define the following terms: (a) Symbiosis (b) Pheromones (c) Epiphyt...

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  14. Define predation. Give one example.

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  15. Define parasitism. Give one example.

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  16. Name any one symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacteria. How does help in nitr...

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  17. Define symbosis. Give two examples.

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  18. Differentiate allelopathy and antibiosis.

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  19. What are the factors of population growth?

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  20. "The Indian Government took up many serious measures to check the cont...

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