CUET · BIOLOGY · PYQ PAPER 2025
Identify the incorrect statement in reference to the latitudinal gradient in biodiversity.
- A In general, species diversity decreases as we move away from the equator towards the poles.
- B The largely tropical Amazonian rain forest in South America has the greatest biodiversity on earth.
- C A forest in a tropical region like Equador has up to 10000 times as many species of vascular plants as a forest of equal area in a temperate region like the Midwest of the USA.
- D With very few exceptions, tropics harbor more species than temperate or polar areas.
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(C) A forest in a tropical region like Equador has up to 10000 times as many species of vascular plants as a forest of equal area in a temperate region like the Midwest of the USA.
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A forest in a tropical region like Equador has up to 10000 times as many species of vascular plants as a forest of equal area in a temperate region like the Midwest of the USA.
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