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Answer to: Choose the correct name for compound given below (1) (4E)-5-Bromo-hex-4-en-2-yne (2) (2E)-2-Bromo-hex-4-yn-2-ene

Correct answer: (3) (2E)-2-Bromo-hex-2-en-4-yne Explanation: figure.png h.p. → higher priority l.p. → lower priority 2E –2- bromo hex –2...

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Answer to: Assertion (A): Metallic character decreases and non-metallic character increases on moving from left to right in a period.

Correct answer: (2) (A) is true but (R) is false Explanation: From left to right in periodic table Metallic character decreases Non-metallic...

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Answer to: The denticity of an organic ligand, biuret is (1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 3 (4) 6

Correct answer: (1) 2 Explanation: figure.png Biuret: Bidentate ligand The denticity of organic ligand is 2.

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Answer to: Assertion (A): Treatment of bromine water with propene yields 1-bromopropan-2-ol. Reason (R): Attack of water on bromonium ion follows Markovnikov rule and results in 1-bromopropan-2-ol.

Correct answer: (3) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) Explanation: Its IUPAC name 1-bromopropan–2-ol A and...

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Answer to: Suggest a place where one can go to study coral reefs, mangrove vegetation and estuaries.

Coral reefs - Andaman and Nicobar Mangrove vegetation - West Bengal Estuaries - Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

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Answer to: What are sacred groves and their role in biodiversity conservation?

In many cultures, tracts of forest were set aside, and all the trees and wildlife within were venerated and given total protection. Such sacred groves...

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Answer to: What is an endangered species? Give an example of an endangered plant and animal species each.

Endangered (ER): It is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future if conservation measures are not promptly taken. E.g., Red p...

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Answer to: Humans benefit from diversity of life. Give two examples.

Humans derive countless direct economic benefits from nature. For example: Food (cereals, pulses, fruits) Firewood Fibre Construction materi...

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Answer to: How do scientists extrapolate the total number of species on Earth?

Scientists make a statistical comparison of the temperate-tropical species richness of an exhaustively studied group of insects and extrapolate this r...

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Answer to: What could be the possible explanation for greater vulnerability of amphibians to extinction as compared to other animal groups?

Amphibians live in terrestrial habitat but for sexual reproduction they depend on aquatic habitat. Habitat loss affects the amphibians more greatly th...

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Answer to: What criteria should one use in categorizing a species as threatened?

(i) Extinction risk: Number of the individuals of the species are declining at an alarming pace. (ii) Predation pressure (iii) Habitat loss and ...

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Answer to: Why are the conventional methods not suitable for the assessment of biodiversity of bacteria?

Many bacteria are not culturable under normal conditions in the laboratory. This becomes a problem in studying their morphological, biochemical and ot...

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Answer to: There is greater biodiversity in tropical /subtropical regions than in temperate region. Explain.

(a) Speciation is generally a function of time, unlike temperate regions subjected to frequent glaciations in the past, tropical latitudes have remain...

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Answer to: Is it possible that productivity and diversity of a natural community remain constant over a time period of, say one hundred years?

Yes, productivity and diversity of a natural climax community remain constant over a time period.

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Answer to: A species-area curve is drawn by plotting the number of species against the area. How is it that when a very large area is considered the slope is steeper than that for smaller areas?

Ecologists have discovered that the value of Z (slope of the line) lies in the range of 0.1 to 0.2, regardless of the taxonomic group or the region (w...

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Answer to: Discuss one example, based on your day-to-day observations, showing how loss of one species may lead to the extinction of another.

In case a species (x) becomes extinct, the plant and animal species (M, N, O, Z) associated within an obligatory way also become extinct. For examp...

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Answer to: Of the four major causes for the loss of biodiversity (Alien species invasion, habitat loss and fragmentation, over-exploitation and co-extinctions

Habitat loss and fragmentation is the most important cause driving animals and plants to extinction. The most dramatic examples of habitat loss come f...

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Answer to: How is the presently occurring species extinction different from the earlier mass extinctions?

Species extinction occurring at present is due to anthropogenic causes where as the earlier extinction was due to natural causes.

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