Issues Related to Biodiversity in Cold Environments Quiz

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Issues Related to Biodiversity in Cold Environments Quiz

Which of the following is not a risk to biodiversity in cold environments?

Increased resource exploitation of arctic regions (e.g. oil extraction) may cause pollution and have a negative impact on the ecosystem.

Conservation groups such as the WWF supporting governments, businesses and local people in protecting biodiversity.

Melting permafrost releases carbon in the atmosphere enhancing the greenhouse effect.

Climate change leading to longer, warmer summers.

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True or false? Polar environments have considerable biodiversity, with thousands of species of lichens, insects and flowering plants.

False

True

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Tundra environments have considerable biodiversity, with thousands of species of lichens, insects and flowering plants.

True or false? Most tundra plant species are heavily dependent on short, mild summers when the surface permafrost thaws, providing food for species further up the food chain.

True

False

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True or false? Climate change could lead to a rapid increase in some species in the tundra ecosystem, causing an imbalance within the ecosystem.

True

False

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True or false? Warming of oceans might affect the distribution of nutrients which may affect krill, fish and crustacean levels.

False

True

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Which of the following has the highest number of species in cold environments?

Flowering plants and shrubs

Mosses

Mammals

Birds

Lichens

Insects

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Insects have the highest number of species in cold environments with 3,000. This is followed by lichens (2000), flowering plants and shrubs (1,700), mosses (600) birds (240) and mammals (75).

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