This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Convention On Biodiversity – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Convention On Biodiversity Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. All ocean food webs begin with ..... A) Carnivores. B) The sun. C) Phytoplankton. D) Zooplankton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sun. 2. ..... Species-Those that have such small numbers that they are in immediate jeopardy of becoming extinct. A) Extinct. B) Harvesting. C) Endangered. D) Threatened. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Endangered. 3. Which of the following is in the least danger of becoming extinct? A) Small populations. B) Migrating populations. C) Populations that breed quickly. D) Populations with specific habitats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Populations that breed quickly. 4. Biodiversity hotspots A) Help manage whole ecosystems. B) Lower biodiversity. C) Cause HIPPCO. D) Harm habitats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Help manage whole ecosystems. 5. Which of the following has the greatest biodiversity on earth? A) Rainforest in India. B) Rainforest of Bangladesh. C) Rainforest in Australia. D) Amazonian rainforest in Brazil, South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amazonian rainforest in Brazil, South America. 6. The global authority that document the conservation status of the species is A) National Geographic. B) United Nations Environment. C) IUCN. D) WWF. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) IUCN. 7. How many species are estimated to be living on Earth? A) 10 million. B) 1 million. C) 10 trillion. D) 2 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10 million. 8. A biodiversity hotspot is defined as; A) An island habitat that suffers from low immigration rates. B) An area that has extinction rates lower than the global average. C) An area that has suffered from wetland degradation. D) An area that is already a highly endangered center of biodiversity. E) A tropical area near the equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An area that is already a highly endangered center of biodiversity. 9. There is a plan to establish an 8000 km long strip of land across eight southeast Asian countries to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat. This is an example of a A) Conservation concession. B) Worldwide biodiversity treaty. C) Captive breeding program. D) Wildlife corridor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wildlife corridor. 10. Ocean, pond, lakes, and river systems are examples of ..... ecosystems. A) Wetland. B) Freshwater. C) Aquatic. D) Saltwater. E) Coastal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aquatic. 11. Relationship in which two species live closely together A) Succession. B) Symbiosis. C) Mutualism. D) Resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbiosis. 12. Kyoto Protocol, which is ratified by Malaysia in 2002, is aimed to combat A) Habitat destruction. B) Invasive species. C) Overexploitation. D) Climate change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climate change. 13. Which is NOT one of the five major causes of biodiversity loss. A) Cloning. B) Invasive species. C) Habitat alteration/loss. D) Overharvesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cloning. 14. Which is an international treaty designed to protect biodiversity? A) Chemical Weapons Convention. B) Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. C) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. D) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. 15. He animal species controlling the ecosystem functioning is known as A) Pioneer species. B) Keystone species. C) Umbrella species. D) Edge species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keystone species. 16. What is an example of an area that is likely to undergo primary succession? A) Glaciers melt and leave exposed rock. B) Plants die from drought and decompose. C) Land is bulldozed and soil remains. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glaciers melt and leave exposed rock. 17. Which of the following types of organisms experience seasonal loss of leaves as an adaptation? A) Grasses. B) Deciduous trees. C) Coniferous trees. D) Succulent plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deciduous trees. 18. What organism is the most common source of antibiotics? A) Bacteria. B) Animal. C) Plants. D) Fungi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fungi. 19. As species go extinct what will happen to the biodiversity in that ecosystem? A) Decrease. B) Increase. C) Stay the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decrease. 20. Which example would be a good substrate for rebuilding a reef? A) House. B) Artificial reef. C) Log. D) Sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Artificial reef. 21. Species diversity is A) The number of individual within a species. B) The number of species within a habitat or a region. C) The number of regions where a species present. D) The number of animals within a habitat or a region. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The number of species within a habitat or a region. 22. After a forest fire, communities of plants and other organisms become reestablished in the soil that remains. This is called ..... A) Secondary succession. B) Resource partitioning. C) Primary succession. D) Coevolution. E) Commensalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secondary succession. 23. Species that could become endangered in the near future are called A) Threatened. B) Extinct. C) Endangered. D) Unlucky. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Threatened. 24. Which biome is more biodiverse? A) Desert. B) Sand. C) Tundra. D) Rainforest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rainforest. 25. ..... Broad term used to describe the diversity of genes and species and ecosystems in a region. A) Population. B) Biodiversity. C) Species. D) Gene diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biodiversity. 26. Naturally occurring extinctions, occurring one species at a time A) Natural Extinction. B) Mass Extinction. C) Background Extinction. D) Slow Extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Background Extinction. 27. Humans use at least ..... species of plants and animals on a daily basis? A) 50, 000. B) 40, 000. C) 4, 000. D) 400, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 40, 000. 28. Which product is often derived from the natural environment? A) Cooking oil. B) Medicines. C) Fuel. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 29. Which of the following in an ecosystem is ABIOTIC? A) Sunlight. B) Frog. C) Snake. D) Scorpion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sunlight. 30. Full Form of NBPGR A) National Biotic of Plant Gene Reserve. B) National Biotic of Plant Gene Resources. C) National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources. D) None of above. 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