Question

How is climate change today similar to the major K-Pg extinction event that ended the reign of the dinosaurs?(1 point)ResponsesNew species are emerging in the absence of extinct species.New species are emerging in the absence of extinct species.The environment is changing rapidly, and new ecosystems are forming, causing mass extinctions.The environment is changing rapidly, and new ecosystems are forming, causing mass extinctions.Individuals that can’t adapt are dying, and species are going extinct.Individuals that can’t adapt are dying, and species are going extinct.Catastrophic weather events are occurring that are wiping out entire ecosystems.Catastrophic weather events are occurring that are wiping out entire ecosystems.

Answer 1

Individuals that can’t adapt are dying, and species are going extinct.

Both the K–Pg event and today’s rapid climate change cause fast environmental shifts that species unable to adapt to are lost, leading to extinctions.