In situ conservation refers to the conservation of species within their natural habitats. It includes protected areas like sanctuaries, biosphere reserves, and national parks, where species are conserved in their native ecosystems. Botanical gardens, on the other hand, are examples of ex situ conservation, where plants are grown and conserved outside their natural habitats, often in controlled environments like gardens or greenhouses.
So, the correct option is (B): Botanical garden
List-I | List-II |
A. Biodiversity hotspot | I. Khasi and Jantia hills in Meghalaya |
B. Sacred groves | II. World Summit on Sustainable |
C. Johannesburg South Africa | III. Parthenium |
D. Alien species invasion | IV. Western Ghats |
A sphere of radius R is cut from a larger solid sphere of radius 2R as shown in the figure. The ratio of the moment of inertia of the smaller sphere to that of the rest part of the sphere about the Y-axis is :
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.