Question

Question 1: Name the three important components of biodiversity.

Class 12 - Biology - Biodiversity and Conservation Page 268

Answer 1

Biodiversity is the variety of living forms present in various ecosystems. It includes variability among life forms from all sources including land, air, and water. Three important components of biodiversity are:

(a) Genetic diversity

(b) Species diversity

(c) Ecosystem diversity

Answer 2

1 Genetic diversity- a single species show diversity
2 species diversity- the diversity at species level
3- ecological diversity- at ecosystem level like in India desert , rain forest, mangrove, coral reefs, wetlands, estuaries, and alpine meadows show vast diversity .