Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Biodiversity and Conservation

Question:
Which one of the following has the greatest biodiversity on the earth?
Options:
Tropical Amazonian rain forest
Congo Rainforest,
Southeast Asian Rainforest.
New Guinea Rainforest
Correct Answer:
Tropical Amazonian rain forest
Explanation:
The largely tropical Amazonian rain forest in South America has the greatest biodiversity on earth- it is home to more than 40,000 species of plants, 3,000 of fishes, 1,300 of birds, 427 of mammals, 427 of amphibians, 378 of reptiles and of more than 1,25,000 invertebrates.