Factors Causing Extinction
Extinction occurs when there are no remaining individuals of a species still alive.
Name a catastrophic event that can cause extinction.
What is Factors Causing Extinction?
"Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds, usually a species."
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Species Loss
New diseases can kill entire populations before they can adapt.
New predators can hunt a species to extinction if they have no effective defences.
Catastrophic events, such as asteroid strikes or volcanic activity, can rapidly change climates.
Competition from another species for food or territory.
The fossil record shows that as environments change, species that cannot adapt fast enough die out.
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