environment

2. UNIT-3
BIO DIVERSITY&BIOTIC COMPONENTS
1.DEFINITION OF BIO-DIVERSITY
2.CLASSIFICATION OF BIO-DIVERSITY
3.VALUE OF BIODIVERSITY
4.MEGA BIODIVERSITY OF NATION
5.THREAT TO BIODIVERSITY
6.CONSERVATION OF BIO DIVERSITY

31. India has four biodiversity
hotspots
Eastern Himalayas, Western
Himalayas, Western Ghats and
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
There are 36 biodiversity hotspots on our
planet

39. The variability among living organisms on the earth, including the
variability within and between species and within and between
ecosystems. ' ... Biodiversity conservation is about saving life on Earth in
all its forms and keeping natural ecosystems functioning and healthy.

53. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
• 1.DEFINE BIODIVERSITY AND EXPLIAN TYPE OF
BIODIVERSITY?
• 2.DEFINE BIODIVERSITY AND EXPLAIN VALUES OF
BIODIVERSITY?
• 3.WRITE SHORT NOTE ON i) MEGA DIVERSITY OF
NATION ii) THREAT TO BIODIVERSITY
• 4.EXPLAIN HOT SPOTS OF BIODIVERSITY?
• 5.DEFINE CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY AND
CLASSIFY ?