What is a mass extinction?

When multiple species from all over the earth suddenly go extinct

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

When one species goes extinct due to habitat changes

When all life on earth is wiped out

Which answer choice below is human behavior that may help prevent a sixth mass extinction?

solar energy; using the sun as a source of energy to heat our buildings and provide electric power.

habitat loss: clearing a 400 acre forest to build a new shopping mall.

pollution from factories and automobiles.

burning fossil fuels: using natural resources, like coal, to heat homes or power factories.

There have been 5 mass extinctions in Earth's history. Which of the following answer choices was a cause of these extinctions? You may select more than one answer. Check all that apply.

increased carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere

melting of glaciers and rising sea levels

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

major change in environment or climate

evolution of new species to replace old ones

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It is the second largest mass extinction.

Ordovician - Silurian Extinction

Late Devonian Extinction

Permian-Triassic Extinction

Triassic - Jurassic Extinction

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This was caused by the global cooling and lowering of sea levels bringing about by the formation of glaciers

Late Devonian Extinction

Ordovician - Silurian Extinction

Triassic - Jurassic Extinction

Cretaceous - Tertiary Extinction

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This is the worst mass extinction in history.

Permian-Triassic Extinction

Cretaceous - Tertiary Extinction

Ordovician - Silurian Extinction

Late Devonian Extinction

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80% of all species were wiped off the earth

Triassic - Jurassic Extinction

Permian-Triassic Extinction

Cretaceous - Tertiary Extinction

Ordovician - Silurian Extinction

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This is the period when the dinosaurs died.

Cretaceous - Tertiary Extinction

Late Devonian Extinction

Holocene Extinction

Permian-Triassic Extinction

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This is caused by human activities

Holocene Extinction

Triassic - Jurassic Extinction

Ordovician - Silurian Extinction

Late Devonian Extinction

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The event took its hardest toll on marine organisms such as trilobites.

Ordovician - Silurian Extinction

Holocene Extinction

Late Devonian Extinction

Permian-Triassic Extinction

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Mass Extinctions

It is the second largest mass extinction.

This was caused by the global cooling and lowering of sea levels bringing about by the formation of glaciers

This is the worst mass extinction in history.

80% of all species were wiped off the earth

This is the period when the dinosaurs died.

This is caused by human activities

The event took its hardest toll on marine organisms such as trilobites.

85% of all species died

occurred approximately 439 million years ago

This was caused by the dropping and rising of sea levels due to the formation and melting of glaciers.

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