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Causes
Concern/Challenges
Extinction
100
The illegal hunting of animals
What is poaching
100
It will not be able to survive
With the loss of animals, what will happen to the habitat?
100
species extinction happens when the last organism in a species is no longer alive.
What is Species Extinction?
200
When toxic substances enter an ecosystem it can kill off many important species of animals
How does pollution effect an ecosystem?
200
False, 27,000 species are lost every year due to deforestation
True or False Estimated 10,000 of plant species are lost every year?
200
False, extinction can occur naturally
True or False? All species extinction happen because of human activities
300
Habitat Loss
What is the most common cause of species extinction?
300
True!!!
True or False The rapid loss of species is estimated between 1000-10,000 time high then the normal extinction rate
300
Too many living in one area can cause species fight over resources eventually killing off many breeds of species
How can introducing a new species to a ecosystem effect other species?
400
The preying of one animal on others
What is Predation?
400
When one species of animal becomes extinct, its it likely that animals related to that extinct animal will later be extinct
What is the Domino Effect in species extinction?