DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

SEM 1 2014/2015
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NATURE CONSERVATION (BFC 10202) CQI – TEST 1
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Answer all the questions. Submit your answer sheets on 10 December 2014 before 4.30 pm to your
section’s lecturer

Q1. (a) Explain briefly the difference between man-made and natural resources and give two
(2) examples of each resources.
(8 marks)

(b) Conservation is very important to future generation. Explain the future impacts of
each categories if no conservation is undertaken:

i) Animal and plant

ii) Climate change
iii) Resources (water, oil, food etc)
(12 marks)

Q2. (a) What makes planet earth able to support living things such as flora, fauna and
people?
(3 marks)

(a) Explain three (3) threats and how each threat affects biodiversity
(3 marks)

(b) Explain each of these interactions and provide examples of organisms involved in
the interactions.
(i) Mutualism
(ii) Parasitism
(4 marks)

(c) Discuss five (5) values of biodiversity by giving one (1) example for each value.
(10 marks)

Q3. (a) Define the pollution and pollutant.

(4 marks)

(b) Identify the two (2) types of soil pollution.

(4 marks)

(c) Explain the impact of each human activities on natural environment.

i. Town development
ii. Mining activities
iii. Industrial activities
 (12 marks)