Quiz about Mass Extinctions

Question 1

What is a mass extinction?

Accepted Answer

When multiple species from all over the earth suddenly go extinct

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When all the species in a particular area on earth suddenly go extinct

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When one species goes extinct due to habitat changes

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When all life on earth is wiped out

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Permian Extinction

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Ordovician Extinction

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Devonian Extinction

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Triassic Extinction

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Cretaceous Extinction

Question 3

There have been _____ mass extinction events in Earth's history.

Accepted Answer

5

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3

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4

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2

Question 4

According to most scientists, what is the ultimate cause of most mass extinctions?

Accepted Answer

major change in environment or climate

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overhunting

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evolution of new species to replace old ones

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asteroid impact

Question 5

What word do we use to describe a species which has no members still living?

Accepted Answer

extinct

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endangered

Question 6

True or False: Human beings are wiping out species much faster than nature creates them, causing what scientists call a "6th extinction"

Accepted Answer

true

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false

Question 7

The dinosaurs went extinct in the __________ Mass extinction

Accepted Answer

Cretaceous-Tertiary (KT)

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Triassic Jurassic

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Ordovician-Silurian

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None of the options

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT an explanation as to why the dinosaurs went extinction?

Accepted Answer

Massive earthquakes

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Volcanic eruption

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Meteorite strike

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All of the options explain why dinosaurs went extinct

Question 9

The Florida panther is a large cat related to lions. Panthers eat deer, rodents, and farmers' livestock. Panthers once lived in Tennessee. Which of these most likely caused panthers to disappear from Tennessee?

Accepted Answer

People hunted panthers and destroyed their habitats.

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Panthers in Tennessee were unable to reproduce.

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Natural predators killed and ate all the panthers in Tennessee.

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Panthers in Tennessee ran out of food.

Question 10

Which of the following species is extinct?

Accepted Answer

woolly mammoth

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giant panda

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bald eagle

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green sea turtle

Question 11

Suppose a pond dries up. What will most likely happen to the fish that lived there?

Accepted Answer

They will not survive.

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They will learn to live on land.

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They will move to another pond.

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They will learn to breathe air.

Question 12

Species that are in danger of becoming extinct are called __________.

Accepted Answer

endangered

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not lucky

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extinct

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in a jam

Question 13

When a plant or animal becomes extinct, it is gone _______.

Accepted Answer

forever

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until next week

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for 5 years

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to sleep

Question 14

Evidence of an animal or plant that lived a long time ago on Earth is called a ________.

Accepted Answer

fossil

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tiger

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extinct

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endangered

Question 15

What specific species went extinct during the Cretaceous-Tertiary?

Accepted Answer

Dinosaurs

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fish

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birds

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Flowering plants

Question 16

The process by which one community gradually changes into another?

Accepted Answer

Ecological Succession

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Climax Community

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Eutrophication

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Pioneer Species

Question 17

Woolly Mammoth

Accepted Answer

Option B is correct

Answer

A.

Question 18

Giant Panda

Accepted Answer

Option A is correct

Answer

B.

Question 19

Rhinoceros

Accepted Answer

Option A is correct

Answer

B.

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