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  1. A place where animals are protected in their natural habitat is called ____ .
  2. Species found only in a particular area is known as ____ .
  3. Migratory birds fly to far away places because of ____ changes.

Updated On: Dec 5, 2023
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(a) A place where animals are protected in their natural habitat is called a sanctuary
(b) Species found only in a particular area are known as endemic
(c) Migratory birds fly to far away places because of climatic changes.

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Biodiversity and Conservation

The term ‘biodiversity’ is derived from the two words- ‘bios' which means life and ‘diversity’ i.e, differentiation or variation. Edward Wilson, the sociobiologist was the first to popularise the term ‘biodiversity’ in the year 1992. The term implies the occurrence of various plants and animals along with their variants such as biotypes, ecotypes and genes on earth. In our biosphere, the immense diversity or heterogeneity remains not only at the species level but also, at every level of biological organization that ranges from macromolecules in the cells to biomes.

Biodiversity and Conservation is a topic covered under the fifteenth chapter and Unit 5 of NCERT class 12 biology.