Question
7. Match Environmental factors that led to each mass extinction event. Note: Each e
has multiple environmental factors that led to the extinction.
Environmental Factors
Decreased Oxygen
Changing sea levels
Increased Carbon Dioxide
Decreased Carbon Dioxide
Decreased pH
Increased Sulfur Dioxide
Ocean Acidification
Sea Levels Rise & Fall
Mass Extinction
Cretace
Trias
End Perm
Late Devon
End Ordovici
Anthropoce
Answer
Cretaceous: Decreased Oxygen, Increased Carbon Dioxide, Decreased pH, Increased Sulfur Dioxide, Ocean Acidification, Sea Levels Rise & Fall
Triassic: Decreased Oxygen, Changing Sea Levels, Increased Carbon Dioxide, Decreased Carbon Dioxide, Increased Sulfur Dioxide
End Permian: Decreased Oxygen, Increased Carbon Dioxide, Decreased Carbon Dioxide, Increased Sulfur Dioxide, Ocean Acidification
Late Devonian: Decreased Oxygen, Changing Sea Levels, Increased Carbon Dioxide, Decreased Carbon Dioxide, Increased Sulfur Dioxide
End Ordovician: Decreased Oxygen, Changing Sea Levels, Increased Carbon Dioxide, Decreased Carbon Dioxide, Increased Sulfur Dioxide
Anthropocene: Decreased Oxygen, Changing Sea Levels, Increased Carbon Dioxide, Decreased Carbon Dioxide, Increased Sulfur Dioxide, Ocean Acidification, Sea Levels Rise & Fall