Niche overlap indicates
Active cooperation between two species
Two different parasites on the same host
Sharing of one or more resources between the two species
Mutualism between two species
Even a plant species, which makes its own food, cannot survive alone; it needs soil microbes to breakdown the ...$A$... matter in soil and return the ...$B$.... nutrients for absorption. And then, how will the plant manage pollination without an animal agent? It is obvious that in nature, animals, plants and microbes cannot live in ...$C$... but interact in various ways to form a biological community
Choose the correct option for $A, B$ and $C$
Categorise the following plants into hydrophytes, halophytes, mesophytes and xerophytes. Give reasons for your answers.
$(a)$ Salvinia $(b)$ Opuntia $(c)$ Rhizophora $(d)$ Mangifera
Read the following statements w.r.t. features of biomes and select the correct option for tropical rain forests
$a.$ Buttress roots
$b.$ Vines, lianas and epiphytes are abundant
$c.$ Highly leached soils
$d.$ Soil has high base content
$e.$ $30-40 \;m$ tall canopy structure with $2-3$ strata only
Assertion : Tropical rain forests are disappearing fast from developing countries such as India.
Reason : No value is attached to these forests because these are poor in biodiversity.
Match Column $I$ with Column $II$ and choose correct option
Column $I$ | Column $II$ |
$a.$ Shallowest depth | $(i)$ Brown algae |
$b.$ Intermediate depth | $(ii)$ Green algae |
$c.$ Greatest depth | $(iii)$ Red algae |