Q: What was the first mass extinction that occurred on earth?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

At the end of the Precambrian, a mass extinction occurred. In a mass extinction , the majority of species die out. The Precambrian mass extinction was the first of six mass extinctions that occurred on Earth. It’s not certain what caused this first mass extinction. Changes in Earth’s geology and climate were no doubt involved.

 Choices:

- late Devonian mass extinction

- paleozoic mass extinction

- proterozoic mass extinction

- precambrian mass extinction


A:
precambrian mass extinction