Which of the Following Statements Regarding Extinction Is Accurate

question 7

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements regarding extinction is accurate?

• A) A large percentage of species are immune from extinction; however, rates of extinction may increase with continued human impacts.
• B) Extinctions occur only periodically, separated by long time spans with no extinctions.
• C) Extinction is occurring at a similar rate now as compared to historical fossil evidence.
• D) The small-population approach is inferior to the declining-population approach if the goal is to conserve the maximum number of species in a given region.

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Definitions:

First-order Response

An immediate reaction or reply to a stimulus or situation without involving deeper processing or analysis.

Object Permanence

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or touched.

Conservation

the understanding that certain properties of physical objects, such as volume or mass, remain the same despite changes in outward appearance.

Verbal Memory

The ability to remember and recall words, phrases, and narratives, an important aspect of human memory functioning.