MCQ
Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding biodiversity?
  • A
    Biodiversity deals with biological and geographical units such as genes, chromosomes, species, families and biogeographic religions.
  • B
    Biodiversity is an addition sum of genetic, taxonomic and ecosystem diversity.
  • C
    It is a measure of the amount of resources shared by the human population.
  • D
    None of these

Answer

  1. It is a measure of the amount of resources shared by the human population.

Explanation:

Biodiversity refers to the variety and variability of life on Earth.

Biodiversity is typically a measure of variation at the genetic, species, and ecosystem level.

It deals with biological and geographical units such as genes, chromosomes, species, families and biogeographic religions

It is an additional sum of genetic, taxonomic and ecosystem diversity.

Biodiversity is a measure of species richness i.e  The number of groups of genetically or functionally related individuals.

Hence Biodiversity is a measure of the number of resources shared by the human population is a wrong statement.

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