Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Biodiversity and Conservation

Question:

Who popularised the term 'Biodiversity'?

Options:

Edward Wilson

Charles Darwin

Lamarck

Watson and Crick

Correct Answer:

Edward Wilson

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) → Edward Wilson

In our biosphere immense diversity (or heterogeneity) exists not only at the species level but at all levels of biological organisation ranging from macromolecules within cells to biomes. Biodiversity is the term popularised by the sociobiologist Edward Wilson to describe the combined diversity at all the levels of biological organisation.