Fill in the blanks and choose the correct option given below.

(i) is exploring molecular, genetic and species-level diversity for product of economic importance.

(ii) In conservation, the endangered species are protected in their natural habitat so that the entire ecosystem is protected.

(iii) conservation is desireable approach when an animal or plant is threatened and needs urgent measures to save it from extinction.

(iv) The species that are confined to one region and not found anywhere else is called species.

(v) The total number of biodiversity hotspots in the world is .

(vi) India has biosphere, national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.

(vii) The historic Convention on Biological Diversity held and Rio De Jenerio in 1992, called upon all nations to take appropriate measures for conservation of biodiversity & sustainable utilization of its benefits.

(viii) convention on sustainable Development in 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa, 190 countries pledges their commitment to achieve by 2010.

(ix) When a species becomes extinct, the plant and animal species associated with it in an obligatory way also become extinct. This is termed as .

(x) A proper perspective to question ‘does it really matter to us if a few species become extinct?’ can be explain through analogy i.e. hyphothesis by Stanford ecologist .