Tag: biodiversity losses
Questions Related to biodiversity losses
The impact of loss of biodiversity include
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decline in plant production
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lowered resistance to environmental perturbations
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increased variability in ecosystem processes like plant productivity, water use, pest and disease cycles
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all of these.
Loss of biodiversity includes decline in plant production, lowered resistance to environmental perturbations and increased variability in processes of ecosystem.
Which of these actions does not cause decrease in biodiversity?
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Pollution
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Forest fire
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Overgrazing
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Afforestation
Decrease or loss of biodiversity can be brought by pollution in environment and habitat, forest fires and loss of habitat and overgrazing. While afforestation or planting of forest trees cause conservation of natural habitat thus saving the biodiversity.
What factors lead to decline in biodiversity?
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Acid rain
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Pollution
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Population
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All of the above
The major causes of biodiversity decline are land use changes, pollution, changes in atmospheric CO$ _2$ concentrations, changes in the nitrogen cycle and acid rain, climate alterations and the introduction of exotic species, all coincident to human population growth. The geometric rise in human population levels during the twentieth century is the fundamental cause of the loss of biodiversity. It exacerbates every other factor having an impact on rainforests. It has led to an unceasing search for more arable land for food production and livestock grazing, and for wood for fuel, construction, and energy.
Which of the following is/are factors that pose a great threat to biodiversity?
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Habitat destruction
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Disturbance and introduction of alien species
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Man's interference with nature
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All of the above
Biodiversity refers to the variety of organisms in an ecosystem. However, the biodiversity of an ecosystem is lost when there is fragmentation of the habitat or invasion by any alien species. The interference of the man with the nature and exploitation of its resources can result in the loss of the biodiversity.
Which of the following type of animal is chiefly protected by man?
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Harmless animals
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Economically useful animals
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Extinct animals
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Feeble animals
Man makes special efforts to conserve the animals, which are likely to become extinct without special efforts of man to conserve biodiversity and animals are a part of biodiversity.
What is the major cause of diminishing wildlife number?
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Cannibalism
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Habitat destruction
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Falling of trees
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Paucity of drinking water
Habitat loss and fragmentation (habitat destruction) are the most important causes for driving animals and plants to extinction.
What is mainly responsible for extinction of wildlife?
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Hunting for flesh
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Destruction of habitats
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Pollution of air and water
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All the above
Hunting for flesh & skin, destruction of habitats by deforestation & polluted air & water leads to extinction of wildlife.
Wildlife is destroyed most when
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There is lack of proper care
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Mass scale hunting for foreign trade
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Its natural habitat is destroyed
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Natural calamity
When there are no more individuals of a species (plant or animal) alive anywhere in the world, the species is said to be extinct. Extinction is also known as the process of dying out. The process is a completely natural part of evolution. But sometimes extinctions happen at a higher and a faster rate than usual. Factors such as large body size, small population, massive habitat loss and position at a higher trophic level favor extinction
One of the chief reasons among the following for the depletion in the number of species making it endangered is
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Greenhouse effect
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Habitat destruction
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Overhunting and poaching
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Competition and predation
Which of the following is correctly matched?
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Stratification- Population
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Aerenchyma- Opuntia
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Age pyramid- Biome
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Parthenium- Threat to biodiversity
Parthenium or carrot grass is an alien species. When alien species are introduced unintentionally or deliberately for whatever purpose, some of them turn invasive and cause decline or extinction of indigenous species. Such species are also called exotic or introduced species. Thus, Parthenium is a threat to biodiversity as it competes with our local species for the limited resources. So, the correct answer is 'Parthenium- Threat to biodiversity'.