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BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION MCQs

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Question 1. To manage, protect, and reintroduce threatened and endangered species are the goals of
  1.    wildlife corridors
  2.    conservation concessions
  3.    species survival plans
  4.    biodiversity hotspots
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> species survival plans
Question 2. " Nature's Biological Library is burning even before we catalogued the titles of all the books stocked there"
  1.    Nature has a library with books we did not read yet, and not catalogued. The library started to burn now.
  2.    The species present in nature are compared to books stocked in a library, and that a large fraction of these species are going to be extinct, even before we have discovered them.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> The species present in nature are compared to books stocked in a library, and that a large fraction of these species are going to be extinct, even before we have discovered them.
Question 3. Charles Darwin’s observation that finches of different species on the Galápagos Islands have many similar physical characteristics supports the hypothesis that these finches
  1.    have the ability to interbreed. have the ability to interbreed.
  2.    acquired traits through use and disuse.
  3.    all eat the same type of food.
  4.    descended from a common ancestor.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> descended from a common ancestor.
Question 4. In what part of the world are the greatest number of extinctions occurring?
  1.    in deserts
  2.    in the Arctic
  3.    in tropical rain forests
  4.    All of above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> in tropical rain forests
Question 5. The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem
  1.    biodiversity
  2.    demography
  3.    carrying capacity
  4.    poaching
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> biodiversity
Question 6. How can humans best help an endangered species avoid extinction?
  1.    they can feed the animals
  2.    they can put the animals in a zoo
  3.    they can protect the animal’s habitat
  4.    they can take the animal to new habitats
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> they can protect the animal’s habitat
Question 7. Where are many critical biodiversity hotspots located?
  1.    islands, tropical rain forests, and coastal areas
  2.    cities and developed areas of the world
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> islands, tropical rain forests, and coastal areas
Question 8. Why is biodiversity important to ecosystems?
  1.    It helps populations adapt to ecological changes.
  2.    It increases at each level of the food chain.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> It helps populations adapt to ecological changes.
Question 9. What level of biodiversity is most commonly equated with the overall concept of biodiversity?
  1.    genetic
  2.    ecosystem
  3.    species
  4.    All of above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> species
Question 10. Which of the following would be most effective in slowing the loss of biodiversity?
  1.    creating large parks/preserves in biodiversity hotspots
  2.    requiring every country to maintain a seed bank
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> creating large parks/preserves in biodiversity hotspots

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