What is the difference between a mass extinction and a regular (background) extinction?(1 point)
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Mass extinction can be caused by ecological factors like climate change and loss of habitat.
Mass extinction can be caused by ecological factors like climate change and loss of habitat.
Mass extinction occurs over a long period of time.
Mass extinction occurs over a long period of time.
Mass extinction involves many species over a short period of geologic time.
Mass extinction involves many species over a short period of geologic time.
Mass extinction is ongoing and is a regular process that results from evolution.
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Regular (background) extinction is a normal process of evolution where species go extinct at a constant low rate, typically due to factors like competition, predation, or disease.