Essentials of Biology
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ISBN: 9780078024221
Author: Sylvia S. Mader Dr., Michael Windelspecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 30, Problem S16.2BYB
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The causes of mass extinctions in the past.
Introduction:
Cretaceous extinction, Triassic extinction, Permian extinction, late Devonian extinction and Ordovician extinction are the five major mass extinction events which involve the massive loss of plant and animal species over short time. Through the five mass extinctions, nearly 50 – 75% of lives were lost.
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Ch. 30.1 - Prob. 1LOCh. 30.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 30.1 - List the levels of biological organization,...Ch. 30.1 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 30.1 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 30.1 - Prob. 1ACh. 30.1 - Prob. 2ACh. 30.2 - Prob. 1LOCh. 30.2 - Distinguish between more-developed countries...Ch. 30.2 - Compare the environmental impacts of MDCs and...
Ch. 30.2 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 30.2 - 2. Compare the characteristics of an MDC with...Ch. 30.2 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 30.2 - Contrast the environmental impact of an MDC with...Ch. 30.2 - Prob. 3ACh. 30.2 - Calculate the growth rate of a population of 500...Ch. 30.2 - Prob. 5ACh. 30.3 - Distinguish among the types of population...Ch. 30.3 - Prob. 2LOCh. 30.3 - Prob. 3LOCh. 30.3 - 4. Compare and contrast density-dependent and...Ch. 30.3 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 30.3 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 30.3 - Compare and contrast an exponential growth curve...Ch. 30.3 - Prob. 4CYPCh. 30.3 - Prob. 5CYPCh. 30.3 - Prob. 6ACh. 30.3 - Prob. 7ACh. 30.3 - Prob. 8ACh. 30.3 - Prob. 9ACh. 30.3 - Prob. 10ACh. 30.3 - Prob. 11ACh. 30.3 - Prob. 12ACh. 30.3 - Prob. 13ACh. 30.4 - Prob. 1LOCh. 30.4 - Prob. 2LOCh. 30.4 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 30.4 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 30.4 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 30.4 - Prob. 14ACh. 30.4 - Prob. 15ACh. 30 - Prob. S1.1BYBCh. 30 - Prob. S16.2BYBCh. 30 - Prob. 1BYBCh. 30 - Prob. 2BYBCh. 30 - In what way will an increase in human population...Ch. 30 - Prob. S5.1CTCCh. 30 - Prob. T16.1CTCCh. 30 - Prob. S29.2CTCCh. 30 - Prob. 1TCCh. 30 - Prob. 2TCCh. 30 - Prob. 3TCCh. 30 - Prob. 4TC
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