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What is the main cause of the Chipko movement?
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Important Questions on Ecology and Climate Change
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The Chipko movement is associated with:
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Which of the following are the effects of the climate change on living species?
1) Destroy the places where they live.
2) Wreak havoc on people’s livelihoods and communities.
Choose the codes below.
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1. Biomes are distributional aspect of ecosystem.
2. There are four components of ecosystem that being abiotic, producers, consumers and decomposers.
3. Amount of living material present in biome is called standing crop.
Which of the above statements are correct?
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The government of India encourages the cultivation of 'sea buckthorn'. What is the importance of this plant?
I. It helps in controlling soil erosion and in preventing desertification.
II. It is a rich source of biodiesel.
III. It has nutritional value and is well-adapted to live in cold areas of high altitudes.
IV. Its timber is of great commercial value. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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The aim of Chipko movement was:
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Loss of sea ice by melting in the Arctic Ocean leads to:
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The amount of energy as it passes on from one trophic level to other in an ecosystem
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Lindeman's law of tropic efficiency states that the efficiency of energy transfer:
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Which of the following is the climate impact on ecosystem?
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The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment describes the following major categories of ecosystem services-provisioning, supporting, regulating, preserving and cultural. Which one of the following is supporting service?
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In the context of ecosystem productivity, marine upwelling zones are important as they increase marine productivity by bringing the:
I. decomposer microorganisms to the surface.
II. nutrients to the surface.
III. bottom-dwelling organisms to the surface.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Climate change has implications for
1. soil moisture 2. forest fires
3. biodiversity 4. ground water
Identify the correct combination according to the code :
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What is/are the effects of global warming on human health?
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Which one of the following sets of biomes represent the right sequence in terms of increasing water deficiency?
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Which among the following is an ecological movement that was started by Sunderlal Bahuguna?
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In the grasslands, trees do not replace the grasses as a part of an ecological succession because of:
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Ecotype is a type of species in which environmentally induced variations are
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Which of the following branches deals with the interactions of same species of living organisms with their non-living environment?
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Who started the Tehri dam conflict?
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Climate change resulting in the rise of temperature may benefit which of the countries/regions?
