Biodiversity Flashcards

(42 cards)

1
Q

New York has how many species

A

105

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2
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Green land is situated

A

71° N

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3
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In green land hoe many species are there

A

56

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4
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Equador has how many times more more species diversity than temperate region like Midwest in USA

A

10

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5
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Bio diversity in Amazon forest

A

40,000 species of plants
3,000 fishes
1,300 birds
427 mammals
427 Amphibians
378 Reptiles
More than 1,25, 000 vertebrates

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6
Q

How many Insects are in Amazon forest waiting to be discovered

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2 million

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7
Q

Species area relation was given by

A

Alexander Von Hamboldt

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8
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Relation btw species diversity and area is

A

Rectangular hyperbole

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9
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Eq of straight line given by Alexander von humboldt

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Log S= log C + Z log A

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10
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Z is called

A

Regression coefficient

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11
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The value of Z lies in the region of

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0.1 to 0.2

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12
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The value of Z for continenets isn

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0.6 to 1.2 ( much steeper )

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13
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For frugivores and mammals in tropical forest of diffrent continenets the slope is

A

1.15

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14
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Who found that the area with less species diversity has more seasonal variations

A

David tilman

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15
Q

Rivet popper hypothesis is given by

A

Paul Ehrlich

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16
Q

In rivet popper hypothesis rivet is

A

Species

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17
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Colonization of tropical pacific islands by humans have led to the extinction of

A

2,000 species of birds

18
Q

IUCN red list documents the extinction of in last 500 yrs

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784 ( 334 vertebrates, 359 invertebrates, 87 plants )

19
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Thylacine was found in

20
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Last 20 yrs have witnessed the disappearance of

21
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How much % of birds are facing extinction

22
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How much % of mammals face extinction

23
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How much species of Amphibians

24
Q

How much % of gymnosperms

25
The cause of biodiversity loss is
Evil Quarteet
26
The most important cause leading to extinction is
Habitats loss and fragmentation
27
Change in land area of tropical rainforest is
14 % to 6%
28
Extinction due to over exploitation is
Stella's sea cow , passengers pigeon
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Nile perch was introduced
Lake Victoria in East Africa
30
Nile perch led to
200 species of cichlid fishes
31
African catfish is
Clarius gariepinus
32
Amazon rain forest produce approx
20 % of oxygen
33
How many Hotspot are there
34
34
3 Hotspot in india is
Western ghats and Sri Lanka, indoburma and Himalaya
34
% area covered by Hotspot
Less than 2 %
35
Hotspot were able to reduce the ongoing extinction by
30 %
36
Biosphere
14
37
National parks
90
38
Wildlife sanctuary
448
39
Earth summit was held in
Rio de Janeiro 1992
40
World summit was held in
Johannesburg , South Africa in 2010
41
How many countries pledged at world summit
90