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ASSIGNMENT BIOLOGY CLASS - XII CBSE

TOPIC : BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION &
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
SECTION - A
SINGLE CORRECT QUESTIONS [01 Mark Each]

1. Thermal pollution is caused by (a) Light (b) Micro-organisms

(a) Power plants (b) Industries (c) Aquatic plants (d) Fishes
(c) Automobiles (d) All the above 8. Which of the following set is green house gases?
2. The addition of any substance to water which (a) CFC, CH4, CO2, N2O
leads to change in its physical and chemical
characteristic it is defined as water pollution. It (b) CO2, CH4, N2, O2
results in (c) CO2, CH4, N2O3 (d) CO2, CFC, N2, O2
(a) Decrease turbidity 9. Acid rain is due to the pollution by
(b) Increase oxygenation (a) CO 2 (b) SO2 and NO2
(c) Increase photosynthesis (c) Dust particles (d) Automobiles
(d) Increase turbidity & dexoygenation 10. Which of the following is biodegradable
3. Which of the following is not a green house gas? pollutant?
(a) CH 4 (b) N2 O (c) H2 O (d) CO 2 (a) Sewage (b) Plastic
4. High BOD indicates - (c) Polythene (d) DDT
(a) Highly polluted water 11. Most hazardous metal pollutant of automobile
exhaust is
(b) Less pollution in H2O
(a) Cadmium (b) Lead
(c) Less sewage
(c) Mercury (d) Copper
(d) Less microoganism
12. Air quality indicator is -
5. Increasing concentration of accumulated
pollutant along food chain is (a) Lichen (b) Moss
(a) Biomagnification (b) Bioaccumulation (c) Algae (d) None of these
(c) Eutrophication (d) Biodiversity 13. Blood haemoglobin has high affinity for
6. Spraying of DDT produces pollution of (a) CO 2 (b) CO (c) O 2 (d) H
(a) Air only (b) Air and soil only 14. Minamata disease caused due to water pollution
is due to -
(c) Air, soil and water (d) Air and water only
(a) Lead poisoning
7. Sewage water is purified for recycling by the
action of - (b) Arsenic chloride poisoning

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 (c) Mercury poisoning 18. Minimata disease first occurred in
(d) Ammonia pollution (a) Japan (b) China (c) Korea (d) Russia
15. Effect of pollution is first marked on 19. Increase in BOD of water reservior is due to
(a) Micro-organisms (a) Algae (b) Soil
(b) Green vegetation of an area (c) Moss (d) Waste product
(c) Food crop (d) None of these 20. Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) is measure of
16. Pollution is not caused by (a) Industrial wastes poured into water bodies
(a) Thermal power plant (b) Extent to which water is polluted with
(b) Automobile organic compouds

(c) Radioactive power plant (c) Amount of Carbon monoxide inseparably

combined with haemoglobin
(d) Hydroelctric power plant
(d) Amount of oxygen needed by green plants
17. Taj Mahal marble is affected by during night
(a) SO 2 (b) O 2 (c) O 3 (d) NO 2

SECTION - B
Short Answer type Question: [02 Marks Each]

1. Habitat loss and fragmentation has caused severe damage to a particular type of ecosystem. Name
it.
2. What trend is observed in respect of species diversity when we move from equator to poles?
3. Which region is considered as the one with highest biodiversity on earth? What is the name given
to such region. forests?
4. Ecologists have discovered that value of Z lies in range of 0.1 to 0.2 regardless of taxonomic group
or region. When will the slope of line steeper in species area relationship?
5. Define cryopreservation. Why is it useful in conserving biodiversity?
6. What is the reason for genetic variation shown by medicinal plant Rauwolfiavomitoria?
7. How many species of plants and animals have been described by IUCN in 2004? What is global
species diversity according to Robert May?
8. Explain co-extinction with a suitable example.
9. Study the pie-diagram and answer the questions which follows :
What do A, B, C and D represent in these diagrams
10. What is IUCNred list? Give any two uses of this list?
11. Species diversity of plants is much less than that of animals” Why?
12. What is the difference between in-situ & ex-situ conservation?
13. “Amazonian rain forest in south America has the greatest bio-diversity on earth”. Justify the
statement.
14. Sometimes introduction of an exotic species upsets nativespecies of the ecosystem. Substantiate the
statement with the help of an example?
15. What do you mean lay species diversity? Name two measures of species diversity?

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 SECTION - C
Long Answer type Question: [03 Marks Each]
1. Hot spots are the regions of exceptionally high biodiversity . But they have become regions of
accidental habitat loss too. Name the three hot spots of our country. Why are they called
‘Hotspot’?
3. What is so special about tropics that might account for their greater biological diversity?
4. What do you mean by biodiversity? What are the different types of Biodiversity?
5. What do you mean by latitudinal gradient? Whatcould be the possible reasons for diversity be-
tween tropic & temperate region?
6. Why is it necessary to conserve biodiversity?
7. What is the relation between species richness & area? What is the significance of slope of regres-
sion?
8. What are the different approaches for biodiversity conservation in India?
9. Give an account of Biodiversity in India?
10. What is the significance of Biodiversity to Human beings?

SECTION - D
Very Long Answer Type Questions : [05 Mark Each]

1. Why is the sobriquet ‘The Evil Quartet’ used in context of biodiversity? Name the members of this
quartet. Why do we grieve for the genes when a species is lost?
2. Describe at least two approaches each for ex-situ conservation and in situ conservation as a strat-
egyfor biodiversity conservation.
3. Mention the major causes for loss of biodiversity?
4. Pollutant released due to human activities (like effluents from industries and homes) can radically
accelerate the ageing process of the water body.
(a) Explain how does this process occurs during natural ageing of lake.
(b) Give the term used for accelerated ageing of water bodies. Also give the term used for the
natural ageing of lake.
5. In Arcata, the town’s people have createdan integrated waste water treatment process with in a
natural system. Acitizen group called FOAM helps in upkeep of this project.
(a) What are the main steps in waste water management done in this way?
(b) ‘Ecosan’ in Kerala and Sri Lanka is also an intiative for water conservation. How?
6. What are the contribution ofAhmed Khan in Bangalore and Ramesh Chandra Dagar in Sonipat?
7. i) What is meant by ozone shield?
ii) Name two ozone depleting substances?
iii) How do ozone depleting substances affect ozone shield?
iv) Write one damaging effect of ozone – depletion on human & plants respectively?

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