Ecology and Environment
Which of the following is the most important cause of animals and plants being driven to extinction?
What are the major causes of species losses in a geographical region?
The major causes of losses of species are as follows:
Loss of habitat
Over-exploitation and hunting animal species for selfishness.
Excessive deforestation
The introduction of exotic or alien species which cause competition between the new species and local species.
Co-extinction where if one species get extinct then other dependent species will also get extinct.
Which of the following is the most important cause of animals and plants being driven to extinction?
Which of the following is correctly matched?
Can you think of a situation where we deliberately want to make a species extinct? How would you justify it?
According to IUCN, some of the recent extinctions include (i) Dodo (ii) Quagga (iii) Indian gazelle (iv) Thylacine (v) Steller's sea cow (vi) Bali- subspecies of tiger
The impact of loss of biodiversity include
Which of the following is/are factors that pose a great threat to biodiversity?