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India has 2.4 percent of the world's land but what share of global species diversity?Read the answer and worked solution →India is counted among how many mega diversity countries of the world?Read the answer and worked solution →Species diversity generally does what as you move from the equator towards the poles?Read the answer and worked solution →The rain forest with the greatest biodiversity on earth is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The rivet popper hypothesis compares an ecosystem to an airplane and species to its:Read the answer and worked solution →Which animal group appears most vulnerable to extinction?Read the answer and worked solution →Present extinction rates compared with pre-human times are:Read the answer and worked solution →The most important cause driving species to extinction is:Read the answer and worked solution →The Nile perch introduced into Lake Victoria wiped out more than 200 species of:Read the answer and worked solution →Parthenium, Lantana and water hyacinth are examples of:Read the answer and worked solution →When a host fish goes extinct, its unique parasites die out too. This is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Saving the entire forest to save the tiger is an example of:Read the answer and worked solution →Biodiversity hotspots are regions with very high species richness and a high degree of:Read the answer and worked solution →Which hotspot covers part of India?Read the answer and worked solution →Sacred groves in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills are found in:Read the answer and worked solution →Zoological parks and botanical gardens serve which kind of conservation?Read the answer and worked solution →The Earth Summit that adopted the Convention on Biological Diversity was held in 1992 at:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Evil QuartetRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the levels of biodiversityRead the answer and worked solution →Find the real termRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the biodiversity wordsRead the answer and worked solution →In situ or ex situRead the answer and worked solution →Extinct, invasive or hotspotRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Biodiversity bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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India has 2.4 percent of the world's land but what share of global species diversity?

  1. 2.4 percent
  2. 22 percent
  3. 0.8 percent
  4. 8.1 percent
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Correct answer: D. 8.1 percent

1. India is a mega diversity country. 2. Its species share is much larger than its land share. 3. The share is 8.1 percent. _Source: syllabus Biology, Chapter 15, Biodiversity and Conservation._

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India is counted among how many mega diversity countries of the world?

  1. 12
  2. 34
  3. 25
  4. 50
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Correct answer: A. 12

1. India holds 8.1 percent of global species. 2. That puts it in an elite group. 3. There are 12 mega diversity countries. _Source: syllabus Biology, Chapter 15, Biodiversity and Conservation._

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Species diversity generally does what as you move from the equator towards the poles?

  1. Doubles up
  2. Decreases
  3. Increases
  4. Stays same
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Correct answer: B. Decreases

1. Colombia near the equator has 1400 bird species. 2. Greenland far north has only 56. 3. Diversity decreases towards the poles. _Source: syllabus Biology, Chapter 15, Biodiversity and Conservation._

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