Extinction Flashcards

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What is extinction?

When there are no remaining individuals of a species still alive.

Give three factors that may contribute to the extinction of a species.

New predators, new diseases or new competitors; also catastrophic events, changes to the environment, or destruction of habitat.

True or false? A species is extinct once its numbers have fallen very low, even if a few individuals remain.

False. Extinction means no individuals of that species are still alive.