Q1. Define the following terms:
1. Ecosystem
2. Flora
3. Fauna
4. Habitat
5. Adaptation
6. Açclimatization
Answers
1)all the plants and animals in a particular area considered together with their surroundings
2)all the plants growing in a particular area
3)all the animals of an area or a period of time
4)the natural home of a plant or an animal
5)In evolutionary theory, adaptation is the biological mechanism by which organisms adjust to new environments or to changes in their current environment. ... The idea of natural selection is that traits that can be passed down allow organisms to adapt to the environment better than other organisms of the same species.
6)Acclimatization or acclimatisation is the process in which an individual organism adjusts to a change in its environment, allowing it to maintain performance across a range of environmental conditions. Acclimatization occurs in a short period of time, and within the organism's lifetime.
- Ecosystem - All the plants and animals in an area are inter - dependent and inter - related to each other in their physical environment , thus , forming an ecosystem .
- Flora - Plant of a particular region or period .
- Fauna - The species of animals .
- Habitat - The natural home.
- Adaptation - The act or process of changing to better suit a situation.
- Acclimatization - A process where an organism adjusts its behaviour or physiology in response to changes in its environment.