Life Science, Friday Exit Ticket, 2.22.19

What is a mass extinction?

• When all the species in a particular area on earth suddenly go extinct
• When multiple species from all over the earth suddenly go extinct 
• When one species goes extinct due to habitat changes
• When all life on earth is wiped out 

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Which extinction is considered the largest mass extinction in Earth's history? Basically 96% of all species on Earth disappeared.

• Ordovician Extinction

• Devonian Extinction

• Permian Extinction

• Triassic Extinction

• Cretaceous Extinction

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 Which is LEAST LIKELY to push a species toward extinction?  
         

• a.   Cutting down entire forest 
• b.  Putting animals in a zoo 
•  c.   Polluting mountain streams 
• d.   Introducing new species to an ecosystem with no known natural predator    

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Humans are causing extiction in which ways?

• By over hunting animals for food or products.
• By destroying the natural habitat of species.
• By polluting the environments of the world.
• All of the above.

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Permian-triassic Extinction:

• Small marine organisms died out. (440 mya)

• Many tropical marine species went extinct. (365 mya)

• The largest mass extinction event in Earth's history affected a range of species, including many vertebrates. (250 mya)

• The extinction of other vertebrate species on land allowed dinosaurs to flourish. (210 mya)

• wiped out nonavian dinosaurs (65.5 mya) (AKA K-T extinction event)

Which extinction is known as the great dying?

• Ordovician

• Late Devonian

• Permian-Trassic

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The Permian-Triassic extinction was caused by. . .

• Volcanic Eruption

• Meteorite hit

• Lang mass breaking up

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Which of the following species is extinct?

• woolly mammoth
• giant panda
• bald eagle
• green sea turtle

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