| 1. | Resistant to invasion of alien species |
| 2. | Resistant to occasional disturbances |
| 3. | Less variation in year-to-year productivity |
| 4. | All of these |
| 1. | An ecosystem as a large machine with each species as a gear |
| 2. | An airplane held together by rivets, where each rivet represents a species |
| 3. | A forest with each tree representing a different ecosystem function |
| 4. | A river where each drop of water symbolizes a different species |
| 1. | Is most abundant |
| 2. | Is the top carnivore only |
| 3. | Is rare but has large impact on community structure |
| 4. | Has highest reproductive rate |
The largely tropical Amazonian rain forest in South America
1. Produce 20% of the total in the earth's atmosphere
2. Has 3000 species of birds
3. Has 378 species of fishes
4. Is home to 4000 species of plants
| 1. | High variation in productivity from year to year |
| 2. | Susceptibility to invasions by alien species |
| 3. | Inability to recover from environmental changes |
| 4. | Resistance or resilience to occasional disturbances |
What do you mean by bioprospecting?
| 1. | Biological analysis of living things to classify them |
| 2. | Exploring molecular, genetic and species-level diversity for products of economic importance |
| 3. | Exploring forests to identify diversity present there |
| 4. | It is branch of biology which deals with prospect of conservation |
Read the following statement carefully.
'Amazon forest is estimated to produce, through photosynthesis, 20 percent of the total oxygen in the earth's atmosphere'.
This is _______ aspect for conserving biodiversity
1. Narrowly utilitarian
2. Broadly utilitarian
3. Economic aspect
4. Ethical