Extinction

Extinction

Extinctions occur when there are no remaining individuals of a species still alive.
Species that do not successfully adapt to environmental conditions or lack the genetic variation to survive changes in the environment are more likely to go extinct.
Factors that may contribute to the extinction of a species:
- Increasing population of humans increases human impact on the environment (e.g. cutting down rainforests, building bigger cities and urban areas, or drilling for oil and minerals).
- Natural changes over time, e.g. end of the ice age.
- Introduction of new predators

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