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Biology · 2024 · 2 marks
CBSE 2024 · Region 4 · Set 1 · Q21
(a) Biodiversity hotspots cover less than 2% of Earth's land area. Strict protection of these areas can reduce the rate of ongoing extinctions.…
(a)
Biodiversity hotspots cover less than $\displaystyle 2$% of Earth's land area. Strict protection of these areas can reduce the rate of ongoing extinctions. Explain.
(b)
Name any two hotspots in India.
Marking-scheme solution
(a)
Biodiversity hotspots are the regions with very high level of species richness, and high degree of endemism
(b)
Western Ghats, The Himalayas, Indo – Burma region
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