Chapter 8: Conservation on plants and animals

There are about ____ species on the Earth.
1. 70-80
2. 70-100
3. 70-100 thousands
4. 70-100 lakh
Forests cover about ____ of world's land surface.
1. 20%
2. 30%
3. 25%
4. 28.5%
Deforestation is
1. cutting of trees for human purposes
2. planting of trees
3. burning of plants
4. none of these
Which of the following is not a cause of deforestation?
1. Fires
2. Floods
3. human activities
4. none of these
Which of the following human activities cause deforastation?
1. Agricultural expansion
2. Urbanisation
3. Construction of dams
4. All of these
Chipko movement is for
1. sticking to the tree with glue
2. conservation of forests
3. deforestation
4. none of these
Long distance travel by animals to escape severe environmental conditions is called
1. migration
2. transpiration
3. respiration
4. food web
Which of the following are the effects of deforestation?
1. Extinction of species
2. Soil erosion
3. Floods
4. All of the above
The largest rainforest of the world is
1. Western ghats
2. Eastern ghats
3. Amazon rain forests
4. None of these
Global warming results in
1. Rise in Earth's temperature
2. Uneven weather patterns
3. Extreme climatic changes
4. All of the above
Afforestation helps to create ____ different from natural forests.
1. ecosystems
2. forests
3. waterfalls
4. none of these
Wangari Maathai founded which movement?
1. Chipko movement
2. Green revolution
3. White revolution
4. Green belt movement
Intentional planting of trees destroyed in a forest is called as
1. Afforestation
2. Reforestation
3. Deforestation
4. None of these
Bengal tiger is classified under
1. Exotic species
2. Endemic species
3. Endangered species
4. None of these
The species which are on the verge of extinction are callled as
1. Exotic species
2. Endangered species
3. Endemic species
4. None of these
May 22nd of every year is celebrated as ____
1. World water day
2. World AIDS day
3. World forest day
4. World bio-diversity day
Environmental day is celebrated on
1. June 5
2. June 6
3. June 7
4. June 8
September 16 is celebrated as
1. World forest day
2. World water day
3. Ozone day
4. Mother's day
Species become endangered because of which of the following factors?
1. Pollution
2. Deforestation
3. Loss of habitat
4. All of these
The state butterfly of Tamil Nadu is
1. Yeoman butterfly
2. Swallowtail butterfly
3. Pieridae
4. Gossamer winged butterfly
Which of the following are the causes of endangerment of species?
1. Over hunting
2. Poaching
3. Diseases
4. All of the above
Which book records the rare and endangered animals?
1. black data book
2. green data book
3. red data book
4. none of these
Red data book is maintained by
1. AICR
2. IIT
3. IUCN
4. none of these
In the red data book the black represents ____ species.
1. critially endangered
2. vulnerable
3. extinct
4. least concern
WWF stands for
1. World Wide Fund
2. World Wrestling Federation
3. World Wildlife Fund
4. World Web File
Which of following is an advantage of red data book?
1. Evaluation of population
2. Global level evaluation
3. Guidelines for protective measures
4. All of these
Which of the following is an advantage of red data book?
1. evaluation of population
2. guidelines for implementation
3. incomplete information
4. none of these
An area reserved for the conservation of only animals is
1. national parks
2. forests
3. sanctuaries
4. biosphere reserves
The biospehere reserve located in UP is
1. Nanda devi
2. Nokrek
3. Sunderban
4. Nilgiri
Which of the following is not an ex-situ way of conserving the species?
1. botanical gardens
2. zoo
3. cryo bank
4. national parks
Biodiversiy stands for
1. variety of materials
2. variety of atoms
3. variety of life forms
4. variety of chemicals
Increasing concentration of substances such as toxic chemicals in the tissue of an organism is called
1. biodiversity
2. bioreserves
3. biomagnification
4. deforestation
Deforestation is
1. Removal of forest
2. Planting trees
3. Agriculture
4. Flora
Plants and species found only in a particular area are
1. Epidemic
2. Extinct
3. Endangered
4. Endemic
Animal life of a particular region
1. Flora
2. Fauna
3. Ecosystem
4. Food web
Replanting of trees is
1. Reforestation
2. Afforestation
3. Deforestation
4. None of these
The plants found in a particular area are ____
1. fauna
2. flora
3. endemic
4. rare
Deforestation means ____
1. cleaning of forest
2. to grow plants
3. to look after plants
4. none of these
The red data book gives a list of ____ species.
1. endemic
2. extinct
3. natural
4. none of these
In-situ conservation is _____
1. off site conservation
2. on site conservation
3. both a and b
4. none of these
Wildlife Protection Act was implemented in
1. 1986
2. 1972
3. 1973
4. 1971

Chapter 8: Conservation on plants and animals

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