Quiz  /  Biodiversity and Conservation Class 11 MCQ Questions With Answers...

  • 1. 
    Likely to become endangered soon through all or part of its range

  • Endangered
  • Threatened

  • 2. 
    U.S. law that protects biodiversity, passed in 1973

  • CITES
  • Convention on Biological
  • Endangered Species Act

  • 3. 
    At serious risk of extinction

  • Endangered
  • Threatened

  • 4. 
    Conservation organizations raise
    money to pay off a nation’s debt in return for improved conservation measures.

  • Debt for nature swap
  • conservation concession
  • Economic assist
  • Both A & B

  • 5. 
    Raising and breeding organisms in controlled conditions, such as zoos or aquariums

  • cloning
  • SSP (Species Survival Plan)
  • Captive Breeding
  • Both A & B

  • 6. 
    Conservation organizations buy
    the rights to conserve resources, instead of harvesting them.

  • Debt for nature swap
  • conservation concession
  • Economic assist
  • Both A & B

  • 7. 
    The United States laws that protect endangered species:

  • are much weaker than the legal protections in most other countries.
  • are considered to be the strongest in the world.

  • 8. 
    Species that are native to and found only within a limited area

  • endemic
  • exotic
  • endangered
  • extinct

  • 9. 
    How many species are estimated to be living on Earth?

  • between 10,000 and 100,000
  • between 1 and 2 million
  • between 500,000 and 1 million
  • between 10 and 50 million

  • 10. 
    Program to save individual species, includes captive breeding, education, and research

  • cloning
  • SSP (Species Survival Plan)
  • Captive Breeding
  • All Of above

  • 11. 
    What level of biodiversity is most commonly equated with the overall concept of biodiversity?

  • genetic
  • ecosystem
  • species
  • All of above

  • 12. 
    Food Web B is an example of...

  • Low biodiversity and low sustainability. If the producer dies then all the food web will suffer.
  • High biodiversity and high sustainability. If an organism is removed the food web will continue with no effect.

  • 13. 
    Differences in DNA among individuals refers to what?

  • Ecosystem diversity
  • Species diversity
  • Genetic Diversity

  • 14. 
    Variety of species in a given area refers to what?

  • Ecosystem diversity
  • Species diversity
  • Genetic Diversity

  • 15. 
    Affected by change, but bounce back and regain function

  • Resistant
  • Resilient

  • 16. 
    According to biologists, what percentage of species have become or are expected to become extinct between 1900 and 2100?

  • 1%
  • 10%
  • 25%
  • 60%

  • 17. 
    Connect habitat fragments enabling once-isolated populations to interbreed

  • Wildlife tunnels
  • Wildlife over passes
  • wildlife corridors
  • wildlife corss walks

  • 18. 
    Why is biodiversity important to ecosystems?

  • It helps populations adapt to ecological changes.
  • It increases at each level of the food chain.

  • 19. 
    Which one of these is not a benefit of Biodiversity

  • Ecosystem Service
  • Agriculture
  • Medicine
  • Ecotoursim
  • Social

  • 20. 
    A species that is not native to a particular region

  • endemic
  • exotic
  • endangered
  • extinct
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