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Q: What event describes the extinction of all the dinosaurs and about half of animal and plant species?
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What is endangered species and extinction?

Endangered species is when there is a certain type of animal that is losing its population. Extinction is a very old animal that has died out and there is none of them left, e.g dinosaurs.


What is term for complete disappearance of species?

It means that - the species is Extinct. Which means - the animal can no longer be found either in wild or in captivity (Zoos) Ex: Dinosaurs are extinct.


Can humans affect extinction?

Absolutely ! The human race is the only animal species on the planet that has hunted other species to extinction.


What word is an animal species that has died out?

Exstinct


How do you know if an animal is extinct?

Extinction of a particular animal species occurs when there are no more individuals of that species alive anywhere in the world. The process of extinction is a natural part of evolution.


How do you overcome decline in plant and animal species?

how to overcome plant and animal extinction


Why did the pterodactyl die?

Pterodactyls died out along with the dinosaurs and many other animal and plant species during the K-T extinction event. It is believed that an asteroid, along with other environmental changes, struck the Earth and contributed to the mass extinction. Dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and many marine reptiles were not able to cope, so they went extinct.


What does functional extinction mean?

Functional extinction means that there are not enough live animals (or animal protoplasm) of a certain species for the species to breed and survive.


Why did the Ornithomimus die out?

Pterodactyls died out along with the dinosaurs and many other animal and plant species during the K-T extinction event. It is believed that an asteroid, along with other environmental changes, struck the Earth and contributed to the mass extinction. Dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and many marine reptiles were not able to cope, so they went extinct.


What is extiction?

Extinction is where a species of a animal/plant totally dies out and there are none left, like Dinosaurs for example, or Dodos.


Why did life continue to exist after a mass extinction?

Not every animal went extinct, only some, such as the dinosaurs.


When all of plant or animal species dies?

That's called extinction.