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A) What is the difference between a mass extinction and a regular (background) extinction?
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Mass extinction is ongoing and is a regular process that results from evolution.
Mass extinction occurs over a long period of time.
Mass extinction can be caused by ecological factors like climate change and loss of habitat.
Mass extinction involves many species over a short period of geologic time.
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Mass extinction is ongoing and is a regular process that results from evolution.
Mass extinction occurs over a long period of time.
Mass extinction can be caused by ecological factors like climate change and loss of habitat.
Mass extinction involves many species over a short period of geologic time.
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The correct distinction between a mass extinction and a regular (background) extinction is:
Mass extinction involves many species over a short period of geologic time.
Background extinction refers to the normal rate of species disappearance due to various factors such as natural selection, environmental changes, and competition, while mass extinction events are characterized by the rapid decline of a substantial number of species across diverse taxa within a much shorter time frame, often due to catastrophic events or significant environmental changes.
Mass extinction involves many species over a short period of geologic time.
Background extinction refers to the normal rate of species disappearance due to various factors such as natural selection, environmental changes, and competition, while mass extinction events are characterized by the rapid decline of a substantial number of species across diverse taxa within a much shorter time frame, often due to catastrophic events or significant environmental changes.
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