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    The catastrophe called the Great Dying, which occurred between the Permian and Triassic periods wiped

    out 90 percent of the planet's marine life and 70 percent of all plant and animal life. The most recent popular
    scientffic belief about what caused it was the impact of a large object from space, but the examination of
    sediment and fossils deposited at the time has led two groups of scientists to revise this belief.
    Animals and plants both on land and in the sea were dying at the same time and apparently from the same
    causes - 'too much beat and too little oxygen,' said Peter Ward, a University of Washington paleontologist. In
    their research published in Science Express, the groups found increased levels of sulphur and depleted oxygen
    in the ancient rock. Ward and his team of researchers from the United States and South Africa thought that the
    sulphur came from continued volcanic eruptions in an area known as the Siberian Trap. The eruptions warmed
    the Earth, trapped sunlight, and depleted oxygen in the air.
    At the same time, the Earth's shifting tectonic plates lowered the levels of the ocean, exposing seabeds and
    releasing methane trapped in the sediment there, further increasing the global warning. The temperatures kept
    rising so that it got hotter and until it reached a critical point causing everything to die. Temperatures around
    the world rose 8 degrees, killing off plants which served as food animals, therebystarving them. In addition,
    oxygen levels dropped to about 16 percent the atmosphere, whereas normal levels today are at 21.
    Therefore, it is believed that widespread volcanic eruptions that led to global warning was likely the cause
    of massive extinction 250 million years ago, not the impact of an asteroid of comet
    1. Which of the following is NOT the cause of the massive extinction millions of year ago?
    a. Increased global warning.
    b. Sudden drop of high temperatures.
    c. Gradual less of oxygen.
    d. Widespread eruptions of volcanoes.
    e. High rate of sulphur emissions.
    2. From the text we may conclude that the writer's objective is to show the public that ...
    a. the Great Dying occurred two hundred and fifty million years ago
    b. there is a now theory about the cause of the Great Dying
    c. the enormous extinction on earth was caused by the fall of a comet
    d. it was during the Permian and Triassic periods that the earth changed
    e. the Great Dying referred to the dying of marine life in the world
    3. The text tells us about ...
    a. the extinction of global life
    b. research conducted by scientists
    c. the effect of the shifting of tectonic plates
    d. Prof. Ward, the anthropologist
    e. The cause of the Great Dying

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