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The extinction of a large number of species within a relatively short period of geological time. Caused by some catastrophic global event or widespread environmental change to which species can not adapt
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∙ 13y agoWhen large numbers of species die out in a very short period of time.
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What is the mass extinction?
the holocene extinction
What are mass extinction and background extinction different?
Mass extinction - More than 50% of the population went extinct in a short period of time.Background extinction - An average rate of extinction occurred during a given time period.
What is a synonym for mass extinction?
genocide
What began and ended with mass extinction?
Mesozoic
What may have caused the first mass extinction 65 million years ago?
An asteroid impact caused a mass extinction about 65 million years ago
What is the effect of mass extinction?
The effect of mass extinction is extinction, death of a mass
What are the extinction of animals in the very distant past?
There were five major extinction events in the past. They are called the Cretaceous-Tertiary (or K-T) extinction event, the late Devonian mass extinction, the Permian mass extinction, the Ordovician-Silurian mass extinction and the Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction event.
What is the mass extinction?
the holocene extinction
Can you use mass extinction in a sentence?
The dinosaurs fell victim to a mass extinction.
What is it called when a high percentage of the species on earth dies off at a particular line?
This would be called a mass extinction or mass die off.This would be called a mass extinction.
When was the first mass extinction?
540 million years ago was the first mass extinction
How do you use the word mass extinction in a sentence?
We are still not sure what caused the mass extinction of the dinosaurs, though an asteroid impact seems to be the popular theory.Scientists believe we may be heading towards another mass extinction event.
How are mass extinction and mass extinction related?
they r related by having the same family blood
What is mass depletions?
Mass depletion is an event in which extinction rates are higher than normal but not high enough to be classified as a mass extinction.
What are mass extinction and background extinction different?
Mass extinction - More than 50% of the population went extinct in a short period of time.Background extinction - An average rate of extinction occurred during a given time period.
Relationship between extinct and mass extinction?
Mass extinction is when many animals go extinct within a short period of time caused by the same variables/factors leading to the mass extinction.
What is a synonym for mass extinction?
genocide
