NEETZoologyOrganisms and Populations
Read the following statements and choose the correct option: 1. Some species of insects and frogs are cryptically- coloured in order to detect easily by the Predators 2. For herbivores, plants are predators 3. Nearly 25 per cent of all insects are known to be phytophagous (feeding on plant sap and other parts of plants) 4. Many plants produce and store chemicals that make the herbivore sick when they are eaten, promo
Options
- AOnly 4 is correct
- BBoth 1 and 2 are incorrect
- CAll are incorrect
- DOnly 3 and 5 are correct
Correct answer
D. Only 3 and 5 are correct
Step-by-step solution
Some species of the insects and frogs are cryptically-coloured to avoid being detected easily by the predators. For plants, herbivores are the predators. Nearly 25 per cent of all insects are known to be phytophagous( feeding on plant sap and other parts of plants). Many plants produce and store chemicals that make the herbivore sick when they are eaten, inhibit feeding or digestion, disrupt its reproduction or even kill it. A wide variety of chemical substances that we extract from plants on a commercial scale (ni