Although Extinction Is a Natural Process and Is Ongoing, It

question 85

Multiple Choice

Although extinction is a natural process and is ongoing, it is likely we are in a time of ____, an event in which many different kinds of organisms become extinct in a relatively short period.​

• A) ​mass extinction
• B) ​genetic mutation
• C) ​geologic catastrophe
• D) ​loss of megafauna
• E) birth of new species​

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