Biodiversity multiple choice questions

Biodiversity

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A student is investigating species richness of plants along a sand dune from the sea edge moving inland.

They are testing the hypothesis that ‘species richness increases with distance from the sea’.

Which sampling method would the student use?

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The Dawlish Warren is a conservation area in the UK.

What is an aesthetic reason for maintaining biodiversity in Dawlish Warren?

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Biodiversity is important for the development of new medicines.

Which statement about the development of new medicines is not correct?

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Tropical rainforests have a very high biodiversity of plant species.

What is an economic benefit of high biodiversity?

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Which statement best defines the term species evenness?

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The genetic diversity of a population can be estimated using the following formula:

proportion of polymorphic gene loci = number of polymorphic gene loci ÷ total number of loci

In 1992 a study estimated the genetic diversity of four isolated populations of lions. They recorded the number of gene variants at a selection of gene loci in each population.

Which population of lions has the greatest proportion of polymorphic gene loci?

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Turtle doves, Streptopelia turtur, were once common in farmland in the UK but their numbers have recently been in decline.

Farmers can claim money from the UK government if they farm in ways that encourage the survival of species such as the turtle dove.

Which agreement(s) is/are relevant to the example described above?

1 - the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)

2 - the Rio Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

3 - the Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS)

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The genetic diversity of monkey populations in a forest ecosystem was studied. The data for one population are shown in the table below.

Table showing genetic diversity data of monkey populations in a forest ecosystem, including total genes studied, genes with one allele, genes with two alleles, and genes with more than two alleles.

What is the proportion of polymorphic genes in the monkey population?

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Two different fields, field G and H, were sampled for three common species of wildflower.

The results are shown below.

Table showing the number of individuals for three wildflower species, Daisy, Dandelion, and Buttercup, in Field G and Field H.

Which option is correct?

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What is most likely to increase biodiversity?

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Biodiversity

Total marks:0 / 10

1 of 10

A student is investigating species richness of plants along a sand dune from the sea edge moving inland.

They are testing the hypothesis that ‘species richness increases with distance from the sea’.

Which sampling method would the student use?

0 / 1

2 of 10

The Dawlish Warren is a conservation area in the UK.

What is an aesthetic reason for maintaining biodiversity in Dawlish Warren?

0 / 1

3 of 10

Biodiversity is important for the development of new medicines.

Which statement about the development of new medicines is not correct?

0 / 1

4 of 10

Tropical rainforests have a very high biodiversity of plant species.

What is an economic benefit of high biodiversity?

0 / 1

5 of 10

Which statement best defines the term species evenness?

0 / 1

6 of 10

The genetic diversity of a population can be estimated using the following formula:

proportion of polymorphic gene loci = number of polymorphic gene loci ÷ total number of loci

In 1992 a study estimated the genetic diversity of four isolated populations of lions. They recorded the number of gene variants at a selection of gene loci in each population.

Which population of lions has the greatest proportion of polymorphic gene loci?

0 / 1

7 of 10

Turtle doves, Streptopelia turtur, were once common in farmland in the UK but their numbers have recently been in decline.

Farmers can claim money from the UK government if they farm in ways that encourage the survival of species such as the turtle dove.

Which agreement(s) is/are relevant to the example described above?

1 - the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)

2 - the Rio Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

3 - the Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS)

0 / 1

8 of 10

The genetic diversity of monkey populations in a forest ecosystem was studied. The data for one population are shown in the table below.

What is the proportion of polymorphic genes in the monkey population?

0 / 1

9 of 10

Two different fields, field G and H, were sampled for three common species of wildflower.

The results are shown below.

Which option is correct?

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10 of 10

What is most likely to increase biodiversity?

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