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Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding biodiversity?

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Biodiversity deals with biological and geographical units such as genes, chromosomes, species, families and biogeographic religions.

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Biodiversity is an addition sum of genetic, taxonomic and ecosystem diversity.

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It is a measure of the amount of resources shared by the human population.

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None of these

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. Biodiversity refers to the variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is typically a measure of variation at the genetic, species, and ecosystem level.
. It deals with biological and geographical units such as genes, chromosomes, species, families and biogeographic religions
. It is an additional sum of genetic, taxonomic and ecosystem diversity.
. Biodiversity is a measure of species richness i.e  The number of groups of genetically or functionally related individuals.
. Hence Biodiversity is a measure of the number of resources shared by the human population is a wrong statement.
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Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding biodiversity?
Updated OnJan 7, 2024
TopicBiodiversity and Conservation
SubjectBiology
ClassClass 12
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