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Extinction

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  • True or False. Pollution is a natural cause of extinction.
    False
  • These are foreign organisms that encroach the territory of species native to a particular location.
    Invasive species
  • True or False. Mass extinction refers to the loss of a large percentage of species extinction.
    True
  • It refers to the illegal act of capturing non-domesticated animal.
    Poaching
  • It is defined as the end of a group of organisms, normally species.
    Extinction
  • True or False. Asteroids/cosmic radiation is a natural cause of extinction.
    True
  • Which country is said to have the highest number of endangered species in the world in 2013? A. Indonesia B. Malaysia C. Ecuador D. Brazil
    C. Equador
  • It forms when sulfur dioxide and/or nitrogen oxides are released into the atmosphere from volcanic eruptions and other biological processes.
    Acid rain
  • Give the 4 anthropogenic causes of extinction.
    Habitat loss/degradation, climate change and global warming, pollution, and wildlife trade.
  • This refers to a phenomenon in which a certain species that was presumed extinct has been re-discovered in another place.
    Lazarus taxa