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Mass extinctions – as the name implies – are events during which a large number of taxa (species, families, etc.) disappeared during Earth's history. Which of the following causes has not been identified for these extinctions? A. Extra-terrestrial agents, such as meteorite impacts B. Cosmic radiation C. Earth agents, such as volcanism D. Severe climate and/or atmospheric changes

          Mass extinctions – as the name implies – are events during which a large number of taxa (species, families, etc.) disappeared during Earth's history. Which of the following causes has not been identified for these extinctions?

A. Extra-terrestrial agents, such as meteorite impacts
B. Cosmic radiation
C. Earth agents, such as volcanism
D. Severe climate and/or atmospheric changes
        
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Mass extinctions – as the name implies – are events during which a large number of taxa (species, families, etc.) disappeared during Earth's history. Which of the following causes has not been identified for these extinctions? A. Extra-terrestrial agents, such as meteorite impacts B. Cosmic radiation C. Earth agents, such as volcanism D. Severe climate and/or atmospheric changes
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00:01 Hello everyone in this question we will be discussing about mass extinction.
00:07 So there have been five mass extinctions that have been mentioned prior to the the first one is an order russian mass extinction which took place 444 million years ago the second mass extinction was late devonian, which took place about 360 million years ago.
00:39 The third mass extinction took place at the end of the permian era, that is, 250 million years ago.
00:51 Then the fourth one is triassic, which took place 200 million years.
01:01 Ago and the fifth one is the end petaceous and the fifth one is the end petaceous which took place for sixty -five million years ago and it has been said that there can be a sixth mass extinction that will be caused due to the anthropogenic events that is caused by humans and be called as holocene extinction.
01:38 The end -odivian was caused due to the intense glacial and interglacial periods that created large swings in the sea levels and move shorelines dramatically...
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