NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Dormancy is a period in an organism’s life cycle when growth, development, and (in animals) physical activity are temporarily stopped. This minimizes metabolic activity and therefore helps an organism to conserve energy. Dormancy tends to be closely associated with environmental conditions.

Detailed explanation-2: -A dormancy period is the statutory period of time without owner initiated contact or activity, that must elapse before a state can consider a property dormant or abandoned. Once the dormancy period has elapsed, the property is then eligible to be escheated to the appropriate state.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dormancy is a general term used to describe a period in an organism’s life cycle when metabolic activity is minimized and active development is temporarily suspended. Thus, it helps an organism to conserve energy. Among types of dormancy are hibernation, estivation, diapause, brumation, and torpor.

Detailed explanation-4: -A state when organisms are in unfavourable conditions, and slow down their metabolic processes to a minimum to retain resources until conditions are more favourable. Plants may do this when their is a lack of water, while animals, such as the garden dormouse, hibernate, which is also a form of dormancy.

Detailed explanation-5: -Similarly, hibernation is a type of dormancy, but not all dormant animals hibernate. That’s because hibernation is a really specific kind of dormancy. Dormancy describes an animal that has slowed down its bodily functions for a little while, but hibernation has some very specific rules.