1What is biodiversity, and how is it different from simply counting animals?
2Why are the yak and the rhododendron not found in the Terai?
3Nepal is a small country. Explain carefully why it is so rich in biodiversity.
4Explain the relationship between the environment and biodiversity.
5Name the three levels at which biodiversity is found, and give an example of each.
6Why is it risky for a whole country to plant only one improved variety of rice?
7Write the importance of biodiversity.
8A student writes that the snow leopard lives high in the mountains because it likes snow. What is wrong with that sentence?
9Why does climbing a mountain have a similar effect to travelling towards the pole?
10Two forests are the same size. One has forty kinds of tree, the other has one kind planted in rows. Which is safer from disease, and why?