Extinction and Endangered Species

How many mass extinctions have occurred on Earth?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What % of the species that have every lived are alive today?

• 1%

• 10%

• 50%

• 75%

A species that is in danger of becoming extinct soon; later, they might all be gone.

• Survival

• Endangered Species

• Impact

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A species of animals or plants that are all no longer living; there are no more left in the world.

• Impact

• Endangered Species

• Extinct

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The Father of Paleontology, Georges Cuvier, noticed that certain bones he found came from _______________________________.

• remains from aliens

• animals that no longer existed when their bones were discovered

• animals that were lost

• remains of animals from the future

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A species that no longer exists is said to be _______________.

• extinct

• endangered

• threatened

• born

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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

• 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.

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which of the following events resulted in the most species extinctions overall?

• Triassic

• End Permian

• Late Devonian

• Cretaceous (KT Event)

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Is the disappearance of between one-fourth and one-half of all life forms on Earth in an unusually short period of time

• threatened species

• endangered species

• mass extinction

• extinct species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

a species whose population has decreased to a point that it may die out

• extinct species

• threatened species

• mass extinction

• endangered species

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5