Question

The following graph represents the organismic response to a certain environmental condition (e.g., temperature):

(i) Which one of these, ‘a’ or ‘b’, depicts conformers?

(ii) What does the other line graph depict?

(iii) How do these organisms differ from each other with reference to homeostasis?

(iv) Mention the category to which humans belong.

Answer 1

(i) ‘a’ depicts conformers

(ii) Response of the regulators

(iii)

| Conformers | Regulators |
| Aquatic animals and plants in which the osmotic concentration of body fluids changes according to the ambient conditions of water are called conformers. | Some organisms are able to maintain homeostasis by physiological means which ensures constant body temperature, constant osmotic concentration, etc. |

(iv) Regulators