What are the regions of the Earth that is extremely biologically diverse and also under severe threat called?
Biodiversity hotspot
Latosol
Terra Firma
Igapo
Which river basin is the South American Rain Forest concentrated in?
Congo river basin
Amazon river basin
Nile river basin
Victoria river basin
What does a community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components called?
Biodiversity
Habitat
Ecosystem
Ecosystem diversity
What is the rainforests of Amazon that grow on dry land known as?
Igapo forest
Coniferous forests
Montane forests
Which of the following country has the largest area of mangrove forests in the world?
India
Malaysia
Bangladesh
Myanmar
Which of the following caused majority of deforestation in Amazon between 2000 and 2005?
Cattle ranching
Mining
Construction of roads
Construction of rails
Where does world’s largest tropical rain forest situated?
South America
Central America
Africa
Australasia
The broad differences between ecosystem types, and the diversity of habitats and ecological within ecosystem type are called:
Genetic diversity
Species diversity
All of the above
What is the ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location called?
Ecological diversity
Endemism
Which of the following is true?
Generally, there is a decrease in biodiversity from the poles to the tropics
Generally, there is an increase in biodiversity from the poles to the tropics
Generally, there is no difference in biodiversity between poles and tropics
