TERM 1
biodiversity depends on...
DEFINITION 1
biodiversity depends on:-temperature-precipitation-altitude-
soil-geographypresence of other speciesbiodiversity is richer
in tropical areas than in polar regionsricher in terrestrial than
in ocean areas
TERM 2
5 mass extinction events
DEFINITION 2
late/end ordovicianlate/end devonianlate/end
permianlate/end triassiclate/ed cretaceous
TERM 3
late/end permian (the
worst)
DEFINITION 3
57% of all marine families, trilobites, eurypterids, mollusca
devastated along with brachiopods, many vertebrates
TERM 4
late/end cretaceous (famous)
DEFINITION 4
ammonites, marine reptiles, dinosaurs, pterosaurs,
microscopic marine plankton, brachiopods, bivalves, and
echninoderms
TERM 5
5 primary causes of extinction
DEFINITION 5
-habitat destruction-habitat fragmentation-introduced
species-over exploitation of species-pollution-global warming
