NEET BIOLOGY

GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

EVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When all of the organisms of a species have died it is called
A
evolution
B
extinction
C
adaptation
D
natural selection
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Extinction is the death of all members of a species of plants, animals, or other organisms. One of the most dramatic examples of a modern extinction is the passenger pigeon.

Detailed explanation-2: -Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point.

Detailed explanation-3: -Extinction refers to the dying out or extermination of a species.

Detailed explanation-4: -“Extinction is the process of evolution that leads to the disappearance of a population or species.”

Detailed explanation-5: -There are two main types of extinction: Mass extinction and background extinction.

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