What Was the Cambrian Explosion

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Multiple Choice

What was the Cambrian explosion?

• A)the impact of the meteor that led to mass extinction of the dinosaurs
• B)the initial spark of lightning that created the first life-form from amino acids
• C)the eruption of the volcano known as Cambria on the ancient supercontinent of Pangaea
• D)a dramatic diversification of life that began about 540 million years ago
• E)the largest mass extinction in Earth's history

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