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(a) ‘‘Organisms may be conformers or regulators.’’ Explain this statement and give one example of each.
(b) Why are there more conformers than regulators in the animal world ?

Solution

(a) 'Regulators' : - The organism is able to maintain homeostasis by physiological and behavioural means. All birds and mammals and few lower vertebrates and invertebrates species maintain homeostasis by thermoregulation and osmoregulation. For eg : - Birds & Mammals. 'Conformers' : - Majority (99%) of animals and nearly all plants cannot maintain a constant internal environment. Their body temperature is not constant. They are simply conformers. Eg; - Fishes, Frogs etc.
(b) Because they lack the capability maintain a constant internal environment or homeostasis.

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Which of the following interaction both species suffer ?

In which of the following interaction both species are benefitted ?

Fill in the blanks with suitable words :

1. The optimal capacity of the organism to produce offspring is called........................

2. Rapid increase in human population is called........................

3. Mathematical expression of the growth of population is called........................

4. Yeast cells grown in a culture medium show........................growth curve.

5. Main cause of population explosion is........................

State true or false :

Coin one word for the following statements :

1.Organism that can tolerate only a narrow range of salinity.

2. Plants that can survive a wide range of temperature.

3. Interaction of two species in which one is benefited while other is neither benefited nor harmed.

4. Number of births during a given period in the population that are added to the initial density.

5. the process of maintaing a constant body temperature.

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