Q: The fossil record shows that this type of event is followed by the evolution of new species to fill the habitats where old species lived?


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

After each mass extinction, new species evolve to fill the habitats where old species lived. This is well documented in the fossil record.

 Choices:

- minor extinction

- moderate extinction

- formation extinction

- mass extinction


A:
mass extinction