Population and Ecological Adaptations

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Population and Ecological Adaptations: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Adaptations of Organisms, Adaptations for Temperature Variation in Animals, Adaptations for Temperature Variation in Plants, Strategic Adaptations in Plants, and Plant Adaptations to Light Regimes.

Important Questions on Population and Ecological Adaptations

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Which of the following organisms are not found in the polar regions:

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Which of the following cannot be considered as an adaptation of xerophytes?

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The property of a system that regulates its internal environment and tends to maintain a stable, relatively constant condition of properties such as temperature or pH is known as

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The plants which can withstand narrow range of temperature tolerance are called

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Most of the desert plants bloom during night time because

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The xerophytic plants conserve water by storing it in

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The trees occurring in two seasons is the characteristic feature of:

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Which among the following is a rootless plant?

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A lizard-like member of reptile is sitting on a tree with its tail coiled around a twig. This animal could be

 

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Desert can be converted into green land by planting

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The desert plants in order to tolerate water stress show

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Which of the following organisms has a thick skin ?

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What are the four adaptations of plants?

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What would be a plant adaptation that increases the exposure of a plant to light in a dense forest?

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How do plants adapt to light?

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Mullerian mimicry occurs in nature when two or more harmful species look very similar in order to ward off potential predators.

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Which of the following is an example of Batesian mimicry?

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Mullerian mimicry is as an example of a co-evolved mutualism.

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Justify that Mullerian mimicry is a part of convergent evolution.

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Monarch and queen butterflies are examples for _____ mimicry.