Paper 1 · People, Development and Environment
The loss of an entire animal species is referred to as
ADistinction
BAnnihilation
CGenocide
DExtinction ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Extinction — The loss of an entire species is referred to as extinction, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The loss of an entire species is referred to as extinction, so that is the answer.
★Extinction means that a species has died out completely.
★Not one member of it is left alive anywhere.
★So the loss of an entire animal species is called extinction.
★Distinction, annihilation and genocide are not the correct term.
★So the answer is extinction.
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