Which of the Following Statements Regarding Extinction Is Accurate

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements regarding extinction is accurate?

A) A large percentage of species are immune from extinction; however, rates of extinction may increase with continued human impacts.
B) Extinctions occur only periodically, separated by long time spans with no extinctions.
C) Extinction is occurring at a similar rate now as compared to historical fossil evidence.
D) The small-population approach is inferior to the declining-population approach if the goal is to conserve the maximum number of species in a given region.