ECOLOGY
BIODIVERSITY AND ITS CONSERVATION
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Question
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What happens when species become extinct?
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a few are still alive
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the adults are dead but some eggs still have not hatched
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the whole species does not exist
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the species do not exist in some parts of the world
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -As species go extinct, they are taken out of the food chain. Animals that ate the newly-extinct species have to find new food sources or starve. This can damage the populations of other plants or animals. Furthermore, if a predator goes extinct, its prey’s population can proliferate, unbalancing local ecosystems.
Detailed explanation-2: -The phenomenon where a species that used to exist, does not exist anymore is known as extinction. A species is believed to be extinct when the last living member dies.
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