Extinction

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

• endangered

• extinct

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What do you call the plants or animals that once lived on Earth that have completely disappeared?

• Endangered Species

• Extinction

• Extinct Species

• Ecologically Extinct

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

How can you help prevent extinctions?

• By not polluting our environment.

• By protecting sensitive habitats and species.

• By not eating or buying products from endangered animals.

• All of the above.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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The reasons for the pattern of extinction rates after 1700 are (check all that apply)

• more predators are eating these organisms

• destruction of habitats through logging and agriculture

• climate change

• hunting

• more volcanic activity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What are the common causes of Species Extinction?

• Hunting

• Reforestation

• Deforestation

• Over Exploitation

• Pollution

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The current extinction event is being caused by

• a meteor strike.

• an alien invasion.

• a massive volcanic eruption.

• human activities.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What event marks the end of each geologic area?

• million years

• burst of new life forms

• mass extinction

• ice age

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which extinction was the most beneficial to humans?

• The extinction of the woolly mammoths

• The extinction of the dinosaurs

• The extinction of the trilobites

• The extinction of the dodo birds

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

• They will learn to live on land.

• They will move to another pond.

• They will learn to breathe air.

• They will not survive.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What is the term used to describe the complete disappearance of a species from Earth?

• Endangered

• Extinct

• Vulnerable

• Threatened

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