Extinctions: Past, Present, & Future
Completed by Melisa Akbulut
December 28, 2020
16 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
Summarize extinctions as an important part of the history of life.
Identify the probable causes of mass extinctions in the geologic past (before humans).
Compare and contrast the Big Five mass extinctions with human-influenced extinctions.
Evaluate historical lessons and current trends to predict and prevent extinctions of the future.
Skills you will gain
- Category: World History
- Category: Environment and Resource Management
- Category: Natural Resource Management
- Category: Ancient History
- Category: Physical Science
- Category: Life Sciences
- Category: Timelines
- Category: Environment
- Category: Biology
- Category: Environmental Issue
- Category: Environmental Science
- Category: Public History
