10C Extinctions 2024

What are the reasons for the extinction of animals due to human activities ?

• Deforestation

• River pollution leading to increased toxicity of water

• Excessive fishing

• Hunting

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Which of the following animals is not extinct?

• Dodo

• Woolly Mammoth

• Tasmanian Tiger

• Giraffe

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Woolly Mammoth is similar to:

• Dodo

• Jaekelopterus

• Scorpion

• Elephant

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What are endangered animals?

• Animals that are in danger of becoming extinct

• Animals that are in danger of becoming hungry

• Animals that are in danger of becoming pretty

• Animals that are in danger of becoming ugly

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Which statement is most accurate regarding fossils?

• Fossils found in upper layers of a rock section are generally older than those below it.

• Fossils are an indicator of ancient environmental conditions.

• Absolute ages of fossils are determined by using carbon dating technology.

• Marine organisms with hard body parts rarely become fossils.

   

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What does it mean when an animal is extinct?

• Something once lived but no longer exists.
• Animals that is at risk of extinction.
• Place that protects animals at risk.

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What does the following animals have in common?

• They are all endangered species.
• They are all extinct.

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The quagga looks very similar to the __________?

• penguin

• anteater

• zebra

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The current extinction event is being caused by

• a meteor strike.

• an alien invasion.

• the increasing amount of hydrogen sulfide gas.

• human activities.

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A comet or asteroid impact on the earth is a frequently suggested cause for many of the mass extinctions. For which of the major mass extinctions does the most evidence exist that this was the main trigger for the event?

• End Permian

• Cretaceous (KT Event)

• Late Devonian

• Triassic

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