Study the graph below. Approximately how much higher is the modern day extinction rate of mammals above the background extinctions rate? A manmade catastrophe Cumulative percent of vertebrate species driven to extinction by human activity 20 15 10 0.5 1500 son AMPHIBIANS MAMMALS BIRDS REPTILES FISH BACKGROUND EXTINCTION RATE

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Study the graph below. Approximately how much higher is the modern day extinction rate of mammals above the background extinction
rate?
A manmade catastrophe
Cumulative percent of vertebrate species driven to extinction by
human activity
2.5%
20
15
10
0.5
0
1500
1000
Source: IPBES Global Assessment
about 20 times
about 200 times
about 0.2 times
about 2 times
1700 1000
1900
AMPHIBIANS
MAMMALS
BIRDS
REPTILES
FISH
BACKGROUND
EXTINCTION RATE
2018
THE WASHINGTON POST
Transcribed Image Text:QUESTION 5 Study the graph below. Approximately how much higher is the modern day extinction rate of mammals above the background extinction rate? A manmade catastrophe Cumulative percent of vertebrate species driven to extinction by human activity 2.5% 20 15 10 0.5 0 1500 1000 Source: IPBES Global Assessment about 20 times about 200 times about 0.2 times about 2 times 1700 1000 1900 AMPHIBIANS MAMMALS BIRDS REPTILES FISH BACKGROUND EXTINCTION RATE 2018 THE WASHINGTON POST
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