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animals that depended on a species for a food source or some other need will not be able to get that need if that species is extinct, and will either have diffuculty surviving, or will go extinct.

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What is the effect of mass extinction?

The effect of mass extinction is extinction, death of a mass


What effects have mass extinctions had on history life?

Mass extinctions have the effect of eliminating a large number of species, which leaves a wide variety of niches open to new species. Whichever species survive the mass extinction quickly evolve into many new forms to fill the empty niches. The Permian-Triassic Extinction Event left niches open to the dinosaurs, and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction eliminated dinosaurs, leaving niches open to mammals.


How does mass extinction affect species that survive?

Every animal is a part of the food chain, so mass extinction can have very bad consequences for the species that survive. The surviving species must learn to work around the animal that has recently become extinct.


How mass extinction affected life on Earth?

Mass extinction isn't a natural role in any life-system. They happen as a consequence of some catatrosphic disaster or radical unbalance in the eco-system. As a result of mass extinctions other 'groups' evolve into species that take the place of those exterminated.


How the species can change?

Species can change is there is a mass extinction or if the type of species changed the type of climate or terrain which would would make the species evolve to its new environment so that it can survive.


What happens during and after a mass extinction?

During: Lots of screaming. After: Much, much less screaming.


What is one gradual change that can cause a mass extinction?

One gradual change that can cause a mass extinction is climate change. If the Earth's temperature rises or falls significantly over time, it can disrupt ecosystems and lead to the extinction of many species that are unable to adapt quickly enough to the new conditions. This can result in a cascading effect on other species within the ecosystem, ultimately leading to a mass extinction event.


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.


How do natural disasters effect the population?

Mass extinction


What is the name of the process in which groups of species die out?

A mass extinction.


When all the in individuals of a species have died what is it called?

The death of every member of a species is called extinction. When a large number of different species is dies out at the same time it is called mass extinction.


What term describe development of new species and mass extinction?

Macroevolution The development of a new species is called speciation.