NEET 2015 · Class 12

Biodiversity and Conservation

The species confined to a particular region and not found elsewhere is termed as - [NEET 2015]

  1. (A)Alien
  2. (B)Rate
  3. (C)Endemic
  4. (D)Keystone

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

They identified for maximum protection certain 'biodiversity hotspots' regions with very high levels of species richness and high degree of **endemism** (that is, species confined to that region and not found anywhere else).

Chapter
Biodiversity and Conservation
Section
13.2.2 How do we conserve Biodiversity?
Page
8
Words matched
33 of 33

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How this line gives the answer

5, emb=1.0, combined=0.8). Verified: high — The span explicitly defines 'endemism' as 'species confined to that region and not found anywhere else', which directly matches the MCQ definition and distinguishes it from the other options.

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