NTA Abhyas NEET2020BotanyPlant - Growth and DevelopmentPractice
Absolute growth rate can be best defined as
Options
- AIt is growth rate in whole life.
- BIt is growth from birth to death.
- CMeasurement and the comparison of total growth rate per unit time.
- DPer unit initial parameters
Correct answer
C. Measurement and the comparison of total growth rate per unit time.
Step-by-step solution
Quantitative comparisons between the growth of living system can also be made in two ways : (i) measurement and the comparison of total growth per unit time is called the absolute growth rate. (ii) The growth of the given system per unit time expressed on a common basis, e.g., per unit initial parameter is called the relative growth rate.