The figure given below is a diagrammatic representation of the response of organisms to abiotic factors. What do a, b and c represent respectively?
The figure given below is a diagrammatic representation of the response of organisms to abiotic factors. What do a, b and c represent respectively?
The correct option is D a - Regulator, b - Conformer, c - Partial Regulator
In this graph, the internal level refers to the response of the organism and the external level refers to the abiotic factors. For an organism to perform its physiological functions at maximal efficiency, the organism should try to maintain constancy of its internal environment despite varying external environments. This process of maintaining a constant internal environment in an organism is termed as homeostasis and is achieved by using various strategies.
- Regulator: These organisms maintain homeostasis by physiological means which ensures constant body temperature, constant osmotic concentration, etc. Therefore, in the given figure, (a) represents this behaviour.
- Conformer: A majority of organisms cannot maintain a constant internal environment. Such organisms change their body temperature with the ambient temperature. Therefore, in the given figure, (b) represents this behaviour.
- Partial regulator: It is a theoretical concept that defines animals capable of regulating only up to a certain limit, beyond which they conform to changes in the environment. There are no animals that belong to this category.
Therefore, (a) represents the regulator, (b) represents the conformer and (c) represents a partial regulator response of an organism to the abiotic factors.
a - Regulator, b - Conformer, c - Partial Regulator
In this graph, the internal level refers to the response of the organism and the external level refers to the abiotic factors. For an organism to perform its physiological functions at maximal efficiency, the organism should try to maintain constancy of its internal environment despite varying external environments. This process of maintaining a constant internal environment in an organism is termed as homeostasis and is achieved by using various strategies.
- Regulator: These organisms maintain homeostasis by physiological means which ensures constant body temperature, constant osmotic concentration, etc. Therefore, in the given figure, (a) represents this behaviour.
- Conformer: A majority of organisms cannot maintain a constant internal environment. Such organisms change their body temperature with the ambient temperature. Therefore, in the given figure, (b) represents this behaviour.
- Partial regulator: It is a theoretical concept that defines animals capable of regulating only up to a certain limit, beyond which they conform to changes in the environment. There are no animals that belong to this category.
Therefore, (a) represents the regulator, (b) represents the conformer and (c) represents a partial regulator response of an organism to the abiotic factors.
