Using the "Interactive Review Section" of your eBook answer the following question:

Complete the paragraph to describe how analysis of rock layers can be used as evidence of extinction.

"The lower,
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rock layer deposited before a mass extinction event contains a noticeably different diversity of fossilized life. It usually has far
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diversity than that found in rock layers deposited after the extinction event."

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"The lower, older rock layer deposited before a mass extinction event contains a noticeably different diversity of fossilized life. It usually has far greater diversity than that found in rock layers deposited after the extinction event."