NEET UG BIOLOGY MCQ: BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

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Rivet popper hypothesis assumes the …A… to be an aeroplane and the …B… to be the rivets, joining all parts together. Here A and B refers to

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Correct option: B

A-ecosystem; B-species

Option B (A-ecosystem; B-species) is correct because the rivet popper hypothesis uses the analogy of an airplane (ecosystem) and rivets (species) to explain the importance of each species in maintaining ecosystem stability.

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