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Mass Extinctions Web Quest
Use the following sites (also linked to my blog) and your own research abilities to investigate
the 5 major mass extinctions that have occurred on Earth in order to answer the following
questions. Please answer the questions on your own sheet of paper.
Suggested Links:
http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Palaeofiles/Triassic/extinction.htm
http://park.org/Canada/Museum/extinction/ordmass.html
http://earth.usc.edu/~stott/Catalina/Ordovician.html
www.uky.edu/KGS/education/LateDevonianMassExtinction.htm
www.science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/28jan_extinction.htm
http://geology.about.com/od/extinction/a/aa_permotrias.htm
http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Palaeofiles/Triassic/titlepage.htm
www.uky.edu/KGS/education/EndTriassic.htm
http://park.org/Canada/Museum/extinction/cretmass.html
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What is extinction?
Extinction supports what theory?
What is a mass extinction?
What are the 5 major mass extinctions recognized on the Earth?
Describe the 4 main ways to destroy life on Earth and how these destroy life.
Differentiate the 5 major mass extinctions that have occurred on Earth. Be sure to
include:
a. the period in which the extinction occurred (or ended)
b. a description of what life forms (families and/or species) were destroyed
c. the percentages of life forms destroyed
d. the theories regarding the cause of the mass extinction
e. the life forms that evolved or expanded as a result of the mass extinction
f. any other pertinent or interesting information regarding the mass extinction