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Environmental Issues — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYEnvironmental Issues3 Marks
Question
The following graph represents the organismic response to certain environmental condition (e.g., temperature):
  1. Which one of these, ‘a’ or ‘b’, depicts conformers?
  2. What does the other line graph depict?
  3. How do these organisms differ from each other with reference to homoeostasis?
  4. Mention the category to which humans belong.
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Answer

  1. a = conformers.
  2. Response of the regulators.
  3. Maintain homoeostasis by physiological means, others either migrate or suspend activities.
  4. Regulators.

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