Question

What is the difference between a mass extinction and a regular (background) extinction?(1 point)

Responses

Mass extinction occurs over a long period of time.
Mass extinction occurs over a long period of time.

Mass extinction is ongoing and is a regular process that results from evolution.
Mass extinction is ongoing and is a regular process that results from evolution.

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 involves many species over a short period of geologic time.

Answer 1

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Mass extinction involves a significant loss of biodiversity and a large number of species going extinct over a relatively short period of geologic time, while regular (background) extinction refers to the normal rate of extinction that occurs as a result of natural selection and other factors.