Biodiversity and its Conservation Question 4

4. Which of the following is the most important cause of animals and plants being driven to extinction?

(a) Over - exploitation

(b) Alien species invasion

(c) Habitat loss and fragmentation

(d) Co-extinctions

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Answer : c

Hints & Solutions

(c) The primary cause of humaninduced extinction events is simply human overpopulation of planet Earth. The most important causal anthropogenic activities are habitat destruction and fragmentation.