What Percentage of the Species That Have Ever Existed on Earth

question 15

Multiple Choice

What percentage of the species that have ever existed on Earth are probably now extinct?

• A) less than 10%
• B) more than 99.9%
• C) about 80%
• D) about 25%
• E) about 75%

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