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Total cards: 5•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026
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#1
Front (Question)
What caused the extinction of Megafauna?
Back (Answer)
• Environmental changes - Human hunting
#2
Front (Question)
Define extinction
Back (Answer)
when all individuals of a species died out leaving no living descendants
#3
Front (Question)
Define fossils
Back (Answer)
remains or traces of a past-living organism
#4
Front (Question)
Differentiate background & mass extinction
Back (Answer)
mass extinction are large scale loss over broad geographical areas, while background extinction happens all the time
#5
Front (Question)
List the causes of background extinction
Back (Answer)
• predation • disease • combination of factors