A4.2 Conservation of biodiversity Questionbank

Increased groundwater recharge

Reduction in native bird populations

Loss of breeding sites for amphibians

Lower water quality due to runoff

New Zealand forest

Caribbean coastline

Ganges wetlands

All three regions show equivalent habitat loss and thus face similar extinction risk

Improved biodiversity due to greater land use

Soil enrichment and nutrient cycling

Loss of endemic species and habitat fragmentation

Reduction in carbon dioxide levels

Urban expansion always increases biodiversity by creating new niches.

India's ecosystems are less biodiverse to begin with.

Urban areas in India are more protected than forests in other regions.

Species may have adapted to urban pressures more gradually over time.

Ocean acidification and loss of coral reefs

Targeted hunting for blubber and disruption of breeding grounds

Excessive algal blooms due to eutrophication

Natural shifts in ocean currents

Oil palm plantations increase the local genetic variation

Dipterocarp forests are monocultures and easily replaceable

These forests are ancient and host a high number of endemic species

The nutrient-poor soils prevent secondary succession

Biodiversity changes can only be observed in fossil records

A single measurement of diversity cannot reveal trends

Surveys reduce the need for conservation

One-time surveys are typically more accurate

Different breeds of domestic dogs

A forest with trees of the same species but different heights

The presence of tropical rainforest, coral reefs, and tundra biomes

A population of butterflies with varying wing patterns

The unreliability of DNA data in taxonomy

That classification is influenced by interpretation of traits and patterns

That species names can be created randomly

That organisms with different appearances must be separate species

Primary observations by scientists

Peer-reviewed scientific surveys repeated over time

Personal journal entries from naturalists

News articles summarizing biodiversity concerns