Extinction

This dying out or extermination of a species.

• Endangerment

• Extinction

• Ecologically Extinct

• Extinct Species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What do you call the plants or animals that once lived on Earth that have completely disappeared?

• Endangered Species

• Extinction

• Extinct Species

• Ecologically Extinct

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Which of the four categories of species extinction is when members of a species can no longer be found on Earth? e.g. Woolly Mammoth

• Ecologically Extinct

• Extinct in the Wild

• Locally Extinct

• Globally Extinct

Which of the four categories of species extinction is when individual species remain alive only in captivity or in other human-controlled situations?

• Ecologically Extinct

• Extinct in the Wild

• Locally Extinct

• Globally Extinct

What do you call the plants or animals that are in danger of becoming extinct?

• Endangered Species

• Extinction

• Extinct Species

• Ecologically Extinct

What are the two types of causes of extinction?

• Natural Causes of Extinction

• Standard Causes of Extinction

• Anthropogenic Causes of Extinction

• Civil Causes of Extinction

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

According to most scientists, what is the ultimate cause of most mass extinctions?

• overhunting

• evolution of new species to replace old ones

• major change in environment

• asteroid impact

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

True or False? Many scientists think that an asteroid caused the dinosaurs to go extinct.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What word do we use to describe a species which has no members still living?

• endangered

• extinct

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The current extinction event is being caused by

• a meteor strike.

• an alien invasion.

• a massive volcanic eruption.

• human activities.

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