This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Convention On Biodiversity – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Convention On Biodiversity Quiz 11 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following could cause a species to become extinct? A) Migration. B) Adequate Resources. C) Changing environmental conditions. D) Exponential growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Changing environmental conditions. 2. Hiking and sight seeing are an example of which ecological service A) Cultural. B) Provisional. C) Regulatory. D) Supportive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cultural. 3. What is the purpose of the EPA? A) To protect the environment of unnecessary pollution. B) To make money. C) To create more jobs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To protect the environment of unnecessary pollution. 4. Program to save individual species, includes captive breeding, education, and research A) Cloning. B) SSP (Species Survival Plan). C) Captive Breeding. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SSP (Species Survival Plan). 5. Which of the following is NOT a type of biodiversity? A) Genetic diversity. B) Ecosystem diversity. C) Individual diversity. D) Species diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Individual diversity. 6. Amongst the animal groups given below, which one has the highest percentage of endangered species? A) Reptiles. B) Amphibians. C) Mammals. D) Insects. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amphibians. 7. What term describes the positive benefits that wildlife or ecosystems provides to people? A) Ecosystem services. B) Ecosystem. C) Biodiversity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecosystem services. 8. Severe damage to lichens is especially common ion cities with chronic air pollution; lichens are sensitive to the toxic gases that are present in these pollutants. Lichens are an example of; A) An indicator species. B) A keystone species. C) An endangered species. D) An indigenous species. E) An invasive species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An indicator species. 9. Which of the following does not help to solve habitat destruction? A) Gazette nature reserves. B) Introduce foreign species in the destructed habitat. C) Plant trees. D) Increase awareness of habitat preservation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Introduce foreign species in the destructed habitat. 10. Biodiversity, aka biological diversity, usually refers to A) The same species in a general location. B) The number and types of different species in a given area. C) The number of animal species in a given area. D) The number of plant species in a given area. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The number and types of different species in a given area. 11. The ..... is the basic unit of life A) Tissue. B) Atom. C) Organ. D) Cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cell. 12. Inserting DNA from an endangered species into a cultured egg cell; process involves implanting eggs into mothers of closely related species A) Cloning. B) SSP (Species Survival Plan). C) Captive Breeding. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cloning. 13. ..... Diversity-Measure of the number of kinds of ecosystems present in an area. A) Species. B) Gene. C) Genetic. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecosystem. 14. Genetic diversity is A) The variety of genes within a species. B) The variety of allele within an individual. C) The variety of genome within a population. D) The variety of genes within a population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The variety of genes within a species. 15. A species is likely to become endangered soon. A) Extinct. B) Extirpated. C) Endangered. D) Threatened. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Threatened. 16. An organism that cannot make its own food. A) Producer. B) Nonnative species. C) Consumer. D) Predator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consumer. 17. The number of live births per 1000 people is called the ..... A) Birth rate. B) Growth rate. C) Baby total. D) $^{}$infant rate.$^{}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birth rate. 18. Which of the following terms describes wise management of natural resources including the preservation of habitat and wildlife. A) Conservation. B) Renewable. C) Deforestation. D) Sustainable resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conservation. 19. The act to prevent extinction, recover imperiled plants and animals, and protect the ecosystems on which they depend upon is called ..... A) Project Save. B) The Fossil Fuel Burning Act of 2000. C) Congressional Bill 78655. D) The Endangered Species Act of 1973. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Endangered Species Act of 1973. 20. Which is the best way to make money and save biodiversity? A) Farming. B) Research. C) Ecotourism. D) Medicines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecotourism. 21. A hurricane hits coastal prairie and destroys the habitat. Years later there is an appearance of small plants with rapidly spreading roots on newly formed coastal sand dunes. The vegetation describes- A) Secondary succession. B) A microhabitat. C) Primary succession. D) Biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secondary succession. 22. Which term refers to the capturing and reintroducing of an endangered species into the wild? A) Captive breeding. B) Legal protection. C) Habitat conservation. D) Germ-plasm banks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Captive breeding. 23. Forbids governments from harming endangered species A) Treaty on endangered animals. B) Endangered Species Act. C) International Endangered Species Protocol. D) CITES. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endangered Species Act. 24. Any material or organism in the biosphere including water, soil, fuel and plants and animals. A) Introduced species. B) Endemic. C) Bioremediation. D) Natural resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural resource. 25. When identifying plants you should A) Just the leaf. B) Just the berries. C) Just the flower. D) Collect the leaf, berries, and flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Collect the leaf, berries, and flowers. 26. Variety of habitats, ecosystems, communities refers to what? A) Ecosystem diversity. B) Species diversity. C) Genetic Diversity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecosystem diversity. 27. The Endangered Species Act A) Was overturned last year. B) Protects all species. C) Does not allow development in areas where endangered species are. D) Is overseen by the United Nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Does not allow development in areas where endangered species are. 28. Which type of species belongs in or came from a certain ecosystem? A) Native (endemic) species. B) Alien species. C) Invasive species. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Native (endemic) species. 29. In the early 2000s, White Nose fungus caused a mass die-off of native American bat species. Those bats that survived will continue the population with their own allele frequencies. What type of genetic drift is this? A) Bottleneck Effect. B) Migration Effect. C) Bottlenose Effect. D) Founder Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bottleneck Effect. 30. Which is an example of an organism? A) A rock. B) A beetle. C) A lake. D) A shell. 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