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Why biodiversity is rich in tropics ?

A

Tropic environment is less seasonal

B

Receives more solar energy , so more productive

C

Tropics remained undisturbed ( e.g.no glaciation , etc. ) for millions of years

D

All of the above

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  11. 'Rivet - popper ' hypothesis was given by :

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  12. In the ' Rivet - popper ' hypothesis , Ehrlich compared ecosystem with...

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  13. Paul Ehrlich by his ' Rivet - popper hypothesis tried to explain :

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  16. With the change in environmental conditions , some species disappear a...

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  17. Which of the extinctions are rare :

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  18. Extinctions which occurred due to big natural catastrophes is called :

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  19. Anthropogenic extinction is causing the ' sixth extinction ' . It is ...

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