Question

3. Distinguish between
(i) Flora and Fauna​

Answer 1

Answer:

Flora is defined as all naturally occurring native plants of a particular region

Fauna is all the animal life present in particular place or at a particular time period

Answer 2

FLORA

1.Flora is defined as all the naturally occurring native plants of a particular region.(Definition)

2.Flora is classified into native flora, agricultural and horticultural flora, and weed flora(classification)

3.Flora includes all plants.(Includes)

4.The study is flora is termed ‘Botany’.(Study)

5. Flora is autotrophs, capable of producing their own food and energy.(Nutrition)

6.Plants are the producers in an ecosystem.(Ecological Role)

7.Flora includes plants that are immovable.(locomotion)

8.The organisms in flora are considered to have arrived before fauna.(Evaluation)

9.The cell wall is present in the cells of the plants in flora.(Cell wall)

10.Chloroplasts are present in flora, most of which are involved in food production or storage.(Chloroplast)

11.Flora is affected by the climate of a region.(Climate)

12.Flowering plants, grass, forest are some examples of flora.(Example)

FAUNA

1.Fauna is all the animal life present in a particular place or at a particular time period.(Definition)

2.Fauna is classifies into cryofauna, cryptofauna, infauna, epifauna, macrofauna, megafauna, meiofauna and microfauna.( clasification)

3.Fauna includes all animals.(Includes)

4.The study of fauna is termed ‘Zoology’.(Study)

5.Fauna is heterotrophs, dependent on plants for their food and energy.(Nutrition)

6.Animals are the consumers of an ecosystem.(Ecological role)

7.Fauna includes animals that are movable.(Locomotion)

8.Fauna developed later than flora according to the theories of evolution.(Evolution)

9.The cell wall is absent in the cells of the animals in fauna.(cell wall)

10.Chloroplasts are not present in fauna. They store their energy in the mitochondria.(chloroplasts)

11.Fauna affects the climate of a region.(Climate)

12.Reptiles, birds, insects, and fishes are some examples of fauna.(examples)