Compared to the evolutionary long-term historical average rate of extinction, extinction rates today are
A) lower.
B) about the same.
C) higher.
D) changing from higher to lower rates in the past century.
C
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a - flood basalts b - subduction zones on the ocean floor c - volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean d - Azores island e - the Hawaiian Islands
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