MCQ
Wildlife is destroyed most when:
  • A
    There is lack of proper care
  • B
    Mass scale hunting for foreign trade
  • C
    Its natural habitat is destroyed
  • D
    Natural calamity

Answer

  1. Its natural habitat is destroyed

Explanation:

When there are no more individuals of a species (plant or animal) alive anywhere in the world, the species is said to be extinct. Extinction is also known as the process of dying out.

The process is a completely natural part of evolution. But sometimes extinctions happen at a higher and a faster rate than usual. Factors such as large body size, small population, massive habitat loss and position at a higher trophic level favor extinction.

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