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Evaluation [Page 216]

Tamil Nadu Board Samacheer Kalvi solutions for Class 12th Zoology Answers Guide Chapter 12 Biodiversity and its Conservation Evaluation [Page 216]

Evaluation | Q 1. | Page 216

Which of the following region has maximum biodiversity.

  • Taiga

  • Tropical forest

  • Temperate rain forest

  • Mangroves

Evaluation | Q 2. | Page 216

Conservation of biodiversity within their natural habitat is ____________.

  • Insitu conservation

  • Exsitu conservation

  • In vivo conservation

  • In vitro conservation

Evaluation | Q 3. | Page 216

Which one of the following is not coming under insitu conservation.

  • Sanctuaries

  • Natural parks

  • Zoological park

  • Biosphere reserve

Evaluation | Q 4. | Page 216

Which of the following is considered a hotspots of biodiversity in India.

  • Western ghats

  • Indo-gangetic plain

  • Eastern Himalayas

  • Western ghats and Eastern Himalayas

Evaluation | Q 5. | Page 216

The organization which published the red list of species is ____________.

  • WWF

  • IUCN

  • ZSI

  • UNEP

Evaluation | Q 6. | Page 216

Who introduced the term biodiversity?

  • Edward Wilson

  • Walter Rosen

  • Norman Myers

  • Alice Norman

Evaluation | Q 7. | Page 216

Which of the following forests is known as the lungs of the planet earth?

  • Tundra forest

  • Rain forest of north east India

  • Taiga forest

  • Amazon rain forest

Evaluation | Q 8. | Page 216

Which one of the following are at high risk extinction due to habitat destruction.

  • Mammals

  • Birds

  • Amphibians

  • Echinoderms

Evaluation | Q 9. | Page 216

Assertion: The Environmental conditions of the tropics are favourable for speciation and diversity of organisms.

Reason: The climate seasons, temperature, humidity and photoperiod are more or less stable and congenial.

  • Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason explains Assertion correctly.

  • Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.

  • Assertion is true, but Reason is false.

  • Both Assertion and Reason are false.

Evaluation | Q 10. | Page 216

Define endemism.

Evaluation | Q 11. | Page 216

How many hotspots are there in India? Name them.

Evaluation | Q 12. | Page 216

What are the three levels of biodiversity?

Evaluation | Q 13. | Page 216

Name the active chemical found in the medicinal plant Rauwolfia vomitoria. What type of diversity it belongs to?

Evaluation | Q 14. | Page 216

“Amazon forest is considered to be the lungs of the planet”- Justify this statement.

Evaluation | Q 15. | Page 216

What is Red Data Book?

Evaluation | Q 16. | Page 216

Compare and Contrast the insitu and exsitu conservation.

Evaluation | Q 17. | Page 216

What are called endangered species? Explain with examples.

Evaluation | Q 18. | Page 216

Why do we find a decrease in biodiversity distribution, if we move from the tropics towards the poles?

Evaluation | Q 19. | Page 216

What are the factors that drive habitat loss?

Evaluation | Q 20. | Page 216

Alien species invasion is a threat to endemic species - substantiate this statement.

Evaluation | Q 21. | Page 216

Mention the major threats to biodiversity caused by human activities. Explain.

Evaluation | Q 22. | Page 216

What is mass extinction? Will you encounter one such extinction in the near future. Enumerate the steps to be taken to prevent it.

Evaluation | Q 23. | Page 216

In north eastern states, the jhum cultivation is a major threat to biodiversity - substantiate the statement.

Evaluation | Q 24. | Page 216

List out the various causes for biodiversity losses.

Evaluation | Q 25. | Page 216

How can we contribute to promote biodiversity conservation?

Evaluation | Q 26. i). | Page 216

Write a note on

Protected areas

Evaluation | Q 26. ii). | Page 216

Write a note on 

Wild life sanctuaries

Evaluation | Q 26. iii). | Page 216

Write a note on

WWF

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Solutions for Chapter 12: Biodiversity and its Conservation

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