This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Convention On Biodiversity – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Convention On Biodiversity Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When an animal disappears on a continent and not the whole global it is called? A) Extirpation. B) Endangered. C) Extinction. D) Threatened. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extirpation. 2. Supports the conservation and sustainable development of ecologically unique areas. Example-recreation A) Germ-plasm banks. B) Biodiversity hotspots. C) Ecotourism. D) Captive breeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecotourism. 3. For frugivorous birds and mammals in the tropical forests of different continents, Z (slope of the line / regression coefficient) is found to be A) 0. B) 0.1. C) 1.15. D) 0.5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1.15. 4. What does diversity mean? A) Life. B) Species. C) Variety. D) Organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Variety. 5. ..... species is a non-native plant/animal introduced accidentally or intentionally by humans that causes harm to the ecosystem A) Endangered. B) Invasive. C) Threatened. D) Introduced. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Invasive. 6. Patches of suitable habitat surrounded by unsuitable habitat A) Habitat fagmentation. B) Habitat islands. C) Wildlife corridors. D) Habitat patches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Habitat fagmentation. 7. Scientists think people have directly caused the extinction of some species through ..... A) Habitat destruction. B) Poaching. C) Pollution. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 8. Conservation organizations raise money to pay off a nation's debt in return for improved conservation measures. A) Debt for nature swap. B) Conservation concession. C) Economic assist. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Debt for nature swap. 9. While some zoos are controversial in their treatment of animals, others work hard to preserve genetic diversity through captive breeding programs. This type of conservation is considered ..... A) Captive conservation. B) Zoological conservation. C) In-situ conservation. D) Ex-situ conservation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ex-situ conservation. 10. Solutions that can be done by individuals to mitigate climate change are listed below except A) Generate energy from renewable resources. B) Use less fossil fuels. C) Control number of children. D) Reduce use of electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Generate energy from renewable resources. 11. What do fish and cetaceans have in common? A) Both are endothermic. B) Both have gills. C) Both have a dorsal fin. D) Both have flippers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both have a dorsal fin. 12. Below are the expected events when climate change occurs except A) Increased in average temperature. B) Reduction in sea level. C) Altered weather patterns. D) Continued loss of polar ice and montane glaciers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reduction in sea level. 13. The major reason for the decline of Malayan Tiger in Malaysia is A) Climate change. B) Invasive species. C) Overexploitation. D) Habitat destruction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Habitat destruction. 14. Which characteristic most places the blue whale at risk of extinction? A) Narrow distribution. B) Territorial area. C) Trophic feeding zone. D) Low reproductive rate. E) Commercial value. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Low reproductive rate. 15. The Endangered Species Act is designed to protect any plant or animal species in danger of A) Reconciliation. B) Extinction. C) Epidemic. D) Losing their habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extinction. 16. Which of the following is NOT an example of a local environmental policy? A) Beach cleanups. B) Highway trash cleanups. C) Monitoring parks. D) Trade treaties between the US and China. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trade treaties between the US and China. 17. Choose the option that expresses the definition the best. "Logging, mining, building of roads, and urban development." A) Habitat destruction, degradation, and fragmentation. B) Invasive (nonnative species). C) Population and resource use growth. D) Greenhouse effect. E) Overexplotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Habitat destruction, degradation, and fragmentation. 18. ..... Clear-cut sites where natural reseeding or regrowth is slow may need to be replanted with trees. A) Restoration. B) Hillside cutting. C) Reforestation. D) Lumberjacking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reforestation. 19. How overharvesting in fishery industry can occur? A) Lack of government regulation. B) Advance technology that increase harvesting efficiency. C) Lack of awareness on the effects of overharvesting on biodiversity. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 20. Approximately how many people live on Earth? A) 7 trillion. B) 7 billion. C) 10 trillion. D) 10 billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7 billion. 21. This disappearance of a particular population from a given area, but not of the entire species globally, is called ..... A) Threatened. B) Extirpation. C) Extinction. D) Endangered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extirpation. 22. What is a Mass Extinction? A) When an organism dies off from Earth. B) When multiple species or organisms die off from Earth. C) A type of trait. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When multiple species or organisms die off from Earth. 23. What can biodiversity influence within an ecosystem? A) How well the ecosystem recovers from a disturbance. B) How well the ecosystem grows after rain. C) How poorly the ecosystem responds to a drought. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How well the ecosystem recovers from a disturbance. 24. A species at risk, but not yet endangered A) Endangered. B) Threatened. C) Endemic. D) Exotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Threatened. 25. The number of different species and the abundance of each species in a biological community. A) Species diversity. B) Genetic diversity. C) Extinction. D) Ecosystem diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Species diversity. 26. Cattle egrets are often found foraging for food alongside grazing cattle. The cattle stir up insects for the egrets to eat but the cattle are unaffected by this. This relationship is an example of ..... A) Predation. B) Parasitism. C) Competition. D) Commensalism. E) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commensalism. 27. What diversity refers to all the different genes contained within all members of a population. A) Genetic. B) Character. C) Species. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genetic. 28. Biodiversity experts estimate that during this century, the extinction rate due to human activities will rise to ..... times the background extinction rate. A) 10, 000. B) 10. C) 100. D) 20. E) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10, 000. 29. When people visit a place to see the ecosystem and spend money, this is called ..... A) Ecotourism. B) Biomimicry. C) Agriculture. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecotourism. 30. Differences in DNA among individuals refers to what? A) Ecosystem diversity. B) Species diversity. C) Genetic Diversity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genetic Diversity. Next →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesConvention On Biodiversity Quiz 2Convention On Biodiversity Quiz 3Convention On Biodiversity Quiz 4Convention On Biodiversity Quiz 5Convention On Biodiversity Quiz 6Convention On Biodiversity Quiz 7Convention On Biodiversity Quiz 8Convention On Biodiversity Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books