ECOLOGY
BIODIVERSITY AND ITS CONSERVATION
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Question
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Events when extinction rates far exceed the normal background rate
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Background Extinction
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Mass Extinction
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General Extinction
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -What causes mass extinctions? Past mass extinctions were caused by extreme temperature changes, rising or falling sea levels and catastrophic, one-off events like a huge volcano erupting or an asteroid hitting Earth.
Detailed explanation-2: -Modern rates of vertebrate extinction were much higher than a background extinction rate of 2 E/MSY.
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