Significant Mass Extinctions Occurred During Which of the Following Peroids

question 8

Multiple Choice

Significant mass extinctions occurred during which of the following peroids?

• A) Pleistocene, Ordovician, and Triassic
• B) Ordovician, Triassic, and Jurassic
• C) Triassic, Permian, and Cretaceous
• D) Triassic, Permian, Cretaceous, Pleistocene, Ordovician, and Devonian
• E) Ordovician, Triassic, Jurassic, Silurian, Eocene, and Oligocene The Triassic, Permian, Cretaceous, Pleistocene, Ordovician, and Devonian periods all ended with mass extinction events. However, most scientists also agree that mass extinctions continue throughout the modern Holocene epoch due to the activities of human civilization.

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Definitions:

Sociological Imagination

The ability to see the connections between personal experiences and larger social forces, a concept introduced by C. Wright Mills.

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