Extinction by Kat Ferguson https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r Biology en-us 2019-01-09 13:09:17 UTC 2024-12-04 23:03:19 UTC hello@padlet.com Extinction kat_ferguson https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318740176 1.What organisms are extinct? Why did they become extinct? Give examples

2.What organisms are currently threatened?

3.What are the implications for losing more species?

4.What are reasons for mass extinctions? 
]]> 2019-01-09 13:12:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318740176 Extinction questions https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318758534 Dinosaurs, different species of fish and prehistoric birdies.]]> 2019-01-09 13:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318758534 Quagga https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318785705 2019-01-09 14:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318785705 Dodo https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318785934 The dodo is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's closest genetic relative was the also-extinct Rodrigues solitaire, the two forming the subfamily Raphinae of the family of pigeons and doves]]> 2019-01-09 14:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318785934 kat_ferguson https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318786126 What killed the Dodo?

]]> 2019-01-09 14:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318786126 Dodo https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318786436 2019-01-09 14:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318786436 Great auk https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318786467 2019-01-09 14:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318786467 https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318786536 passenger pigeon ]]> 2019-01-09 14:36:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318786536 tasmanian wolf 15aoneill https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318786938 2019-01-09 14:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318786938 Mosasaurus https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318787200 extinct carnivorous aquatic lizards
Mass: 14,000 kg
Length: 15 m
]]> 2019-01-09 14:37:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318787200 The five big extinction periods kat_ferguson https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318787216 2019-01-09 14:37:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318787216 https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318787273 Dinosaur

]]> 2019-01-09 14:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318787273 The passenger pigeon or wild pigeon is an extinct species of pigeon that was endemic to North America. Its common name is derived from the French word passager, meaning "passing by", due to the migratory habits of the species. The scientific name also refers to its migratory characteristics https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318787464 2019-01-09 14:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318787464 Thylacine ( Tasmanian tiger or wolf) https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318787495 The thylacine was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger or the Tasmanian wolf. Native to continental Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, it is believed to have become extinct in the 20th century.]]> 2019-01-09 14:37:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318787495 https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318787594 2019-01-09 14:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318787594 https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318787922 Although the cause of their extinction is still a mystery, climatic change, diseases, changing plant communities, and geologic events could all have played a role. Lately, dinosaur extinction theories have been the subject of much debate and controversy.]]> 2019-01-09 14:38:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318787922 https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318788118 2019-01-09 14:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318788118 https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318788150 Although the cause of their extinction is still a mystery, climatic change, diseases, changing plant communities, and geologic events could all have played a role. Lately, dinosaur extinction theories have been the subject of much debate and controversy.]]> 2019-01-09 14:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318788150 megladon https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318788274 2019-01-09 14:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318788274 https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318788450 Although the cause of their extinction is still a mystery, climatic change, diseases, changing plant communities, and geologic events could all have played a role. Lately, dinosaur extinction theories have been the subject of much debate and controversy.]]> 2019-01-09 14:39:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318788450 Tazmanian wolf https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318788691 Went extinct because it was hunted in huge numbers by people such as farmers who saw them as a threat to there sheep and animals ]]> 2019-01-09 14:39:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318788691 15aoneill https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318788722 some factors that can cause a species to become extinct:

  • rapid changes to the environment, such as the climate
  • new diseases
  • new predators
  • new competitors
]]> 2019-01-09 14:39:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318788722 Megalodon, meaning "big tooth", is an extinct species of shark that lived approximately 23 to 2.6 million years ago, during the Early Miocene to the end of the Pliocene. It was formerly thought to be a member of the Lamnidae family, making it closely related to the great white shark https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318788938 2019-01-09 14:39:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318788938 https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318789634 Pigeon meat was commercialized as cheap food, resulting in hunting on a massive scale for many decades. ... Martha, thought to be the last passenger pigeon, died on September 1, 1914, at the Cincinnati Zoo. The eradication of this species is a notable example of anthropogenic extinction.]]> 2019-01-09 14:40:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318789634 https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318789644 Sea cow]]> 2019-01-09 14:40:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318789644 pinta island tortoise https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318790326 2019-01-09 14:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318790326 https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318791240 2019-01-09 14:42:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318791240 Scientific discovery™️ https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318791246 2019-01-09 14:42:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318791246 https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318791629 2019-01-09 14:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318791629 Woolly mammoth https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318791694 The woolly mammoth is an extinct species of mammoth that lived during the Pleistocene until its extinction in the early Holocene epoch. It was one of the last in a line of mammoth species, beginning with Mammuthus subplanifrons in the early Pliocene]]> 2019-01-09 14:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318791694 15aoneill https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318791979 2019-01-09 14:44:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318791979 Pigeon meat was commercialized as cheap food, resulting in hunting on a massive scale for many decades. ... Martha, thought to be the last passenger pigeon, died on September 1, 1914, at the Cincinnati Zoo. The eradication of this species is a notable example of anthropogenic extinction. https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318792453 2019-01-09 14:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318792453 Wolly mammoth https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318792494 2019-01-09 14:44:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318792494 https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318792627 2019-01-09 14:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kat_ferguson/95ubwxommx1r/wish/318792627