Mass Extinctions and Their Causes
Description: Mass Extinctions and Their Causes | |
Number of Questions: 14 | |
Created by: Aliensbrain Bot | |
Tags: paleontology extinction geology biology |
What is the term used to describe a rapid and significant decrease in the diversity of life on Earth?
Which of the following is NOT considered a major mass extinction event?
Approximately how many species are estimated to have gone extinct during the Permian-Triassic extinction event?
What is the leading hypothesis for the cause of the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event?
Which of the following is NOT a potential cause of mass extinctions?
What is the term used to describe the period of time following a mass extinction event, during which new species evolve and diversify?
Which of the following is NOT an example of an adaptive radiation event?
What is the term used to describe the study of mass extinctions and their causes?
Which of the following is NOT a potential consequence of mass extinctions?
What is the term used to describe the process by which species adapt to new environmental conditions after a mass extinction event?
Which of the following is NOT an example of an adaptation that helped species survive the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event?
What is the term used to describe the period of time between two mass extinction events?
Which of the following is NOT a potential impact of a mass extinction event on human society?
What is the term used to describe the study of the fossil record to understand past mass extinction events?