NEET Biology question

The distribution of species diversity on earth may be best described as **[NEET 2019]**

(A)It is uniformly distributed
(B)It is highest in tropicsCorrect
(C)It is highest in polar regions
(D)It is highest in Southern hemisphere and lowest in Northern hemisphere.

Answer: (B)

Solution

Species diversity on earth is not uniformly distributed; it shows a latitudinal gradient where, with very few exceptions, species diversity is highest in the tropics and decreases towards the poles. It is not highest in

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