​Why Is It Important to Know the Background and Projected

question 10

Multiple Choice

​Why is it important to know the background and projected extinction rates for global species?

• A) At least 25% and as many as 50% of the world's roughly 2 million identified animal and plant species could vanish
• B) ​The speciation rate of pests could increase to 1,000 times the background rate.
• C) ​More species are becoming endangered in well-populated and developed countries.
• D) ​More species are becoming threatened in well-populated and developed countries.
• E) ​Background extinction rates are rising at an accelerating rate.

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