Multiple Choice
The "background" species extinction rate
A) estimates how quickly species disappeared before human intervention.
B) measures today's extinction rate of plants.
C) measures today's extinction rate of animals.
D) estimates how many extinctions humans are causing.
E) All answers are correct.
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