Botany - Biodiversity and its Conservation Question with Solution | TestHub
Study the following statements and select the option with correct statements.
(i) A lion eating a deer and a sparrow feeding on grains are ecologically similar in being consumers.
(ii) Predator star fish Pisaster helps in maintaining species diversity of some invertebrates.
(iii) Predators ultimately lead to the extinction of prey species.
(iv) Production of chemicals such as nicotine by the plants are metabolic disorders.
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Solution:
Predator and prey evolve together. Predators are prudent in nature, they never over exploits there prey as in absence of the prey predator will also become extinct. The prey is part of the predator's environment. Nicotine is an alkaloid found in the night shade family of plants (Solanaceae) that constitutes approximatelyof dry weight of tobacco. These are not metabolic disorder products but are secondary metabolites or metabolic wastes.
