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What is extinction? The loss or death of a species
A decline in biodiversity greater than the background
What is mass extinction?
extinction rate
Background extinction occurs when certain
What is background populations are reduced to zero because of normal
extinction? environment change, emerging disease, predation
pressure, or competition with another species
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How are mass extinctions They're detected geologically, and there have been 5
detected and how many detected
have been detected?
Pleistocene: Wooly Mammoth, Giant Short-Faced
What organisms became Bear, Dire Wolf, Giant Beaver, Shasta Ground Sloth,
extinct during the American Lion
Pleistocene and -Could be extinct because of climate change (warmer
Cretaceous and what are temps), human overkill (predation), pathogens
possible causes for these Cretaceous: Dinosaurs
extinctions? -Could be extinct because of asteroid (impact
hypothesis)
What is the evidence to Modern rates of extinction are 100 to 1000 time
support that there will be greater than the background rate
a 6th mass extinction?
-Any unsustainable removal of wildlife from the
natural environment by use of humans
-Harvesting of organisms at rates exceeding the
What is overexploitation?
species ability to replace itself
-The dominant threat to marine species
-Overhunting
Terrestrial Ecosystems: Conversion agriculture,
logging, development and urbanization
What is habitat Aquatic Ecosystems: Draining and developing
destruction? wetlands, damming rivers
Species area curve - As the land area decreases, the
number of species decreases
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BIO 182 ASU FINAL EXAM ACTUAL EXAM
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What is extinction? The loss or death of a species
A decline in biodiversity greater than the background
What is mass extinction?
extinction rate
Background extinction occurs when certain
What is background populations are reduced to zero because of normal
extinction? environment change, emerging disease, predation
pressure, or competition with another species
https://quizlet.com/1025682038/bio-182-asu-final-exam-actual-exam-complete-accurate-exam-questions-with-detailed-verified-answers-100-correct-a… 1/11
, 4/1/25, 5:50 PM BIO 182 ASU FINAL EXAM ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE ACCURATE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS …
How are mass extinctions They're detected geologically, and there have been 5
detected and how many detected
have been detected?
Pleistocene: Wooly Mammoth, Giant Short-Faced
What organisms became Bear, Dire Wolf, Giant Beaver, Shasta Ground Sloth,
extinct during the American Lion
Pleistocene and -Could be extinct because of climate change (warmer
Cretaceous and what are temps), human overkill (predation), pathogens
possible causes for these Cretaceous: Dinosaurs
extinctions? -Could be extinct because of asteroid (impact
hypothesis)
What is the evidence to Modern rates of extinction are 100 to 1000 time
support that there will be greater than the background rate
a 6th mass extinction?
-Any unsustainable removal of wildlife from the
natural environment by use of humans
-Harvesting of organisms at rates exceeding the
What is overexploitation?
species ability to replace itself
-The dominant threat to marine species
-Overhunting
Terrestrial Ecosystems: Conversion agriculture,
logging, development and urbanization
What is habitat Aquatic Ecosystems: Draining and developing
destruction? wetlands, damming rivers
Species area curve - As the land area decreases, the
number of species decreases
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