Question 1
How many major die-offs are commonly grouped together as Earth's best-known ancient biodiversity crises?
- Five
- Ten
- Three
- Seven
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Five
Nature · Prehistoric Life
Mass Extinctions trivia quiz
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What the Mass Extinctions questions cover
- End-Permian
- Devonian
- Ordovician
- Cretaceous-Paleogene
- K–Pg
- End-Triassic
- Big Five
- Recovery
- Triassic-Jurassic
- Impact Winter
- Boundary Stratotype
- Devonian Reefs
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Question 2
Which major die-off occurred roughly 444 million years ago and is generally considered the earliest of the best-known ancient biodiversity crises?
- Triassic–Jurassic extinction
- Ordovician–Silurian extinction
- Permian–Triassic extinction
- Late Devonian extinction
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Ordovician–Silurian extinction
Question 3
What is the name of the catastrophic event around 252 million years ago that eliminated an enormous share of ocean life?
- Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction
- Late Devonian extinction
- Permian–Triassic extinction
- Ordovician–Silurian extinction
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Permian–Triassic extinction
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