Niche overlap indicates

  • A

    Active cooperation between two species

  • B

    Two different parasites on the same host

  • C

    Sharing of one or more resources between the two species

  • D

    Mutualism between two species

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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.

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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