Since the origin of life on the earth, there were five episodes of mass extinction of species.

(i)How is the 'Sixth Extinction', presently in progress, different from the previous episodes?

(ii)Who is mainly responsible for the 'Sixth Extinction''?

(iii)List any four points that can help to overcome this disaster.

Solution

(i)The Sixth Extinction is different from the previous episodes of mass extinction in the following ways

a. The rates of extinction is faster and is estimated to be 100-1000 times faster than in the previous ones.

b.. It is due to the activities of human and not because of any natural calamity as compared to the previous episodes.

(ii).Human activities are mainly responsible for the Sixth extinction.

(iii) The points that can help to overcome this disaster are:

a Avoiding over exploitation of the ecosystem.
b. Preventing habitat loss and fragmentation
c. Conservation / Preservation of species.

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