In contrast to Earth’s past mass extinctions, what is the cause of current extinctions?

A. decreased insolation
B. human activity
C. tectonic shifts
D. climate change
E. species competition


B

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A. lowers the water table. B. creates perched water tables. C. reduces the zone of aeration. D. digs out the water instead of pumping it.

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A. Using the periodic table, the outermost occupied shell indicates the group while the number of occupied shells indicates the period. B. If the atom is electrically neutral, the number of electrons corresponds to the atom's atomic number. C. The number of occupied shells corresponds to the atom's atomic number. D. An electron configuration is unique to each element, much like its atomic spectrum.

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a. Allen's b. Krummholz's c. Bergmann's d. the Generalist e. the Specialist

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