Combined Science GCSE
Extinction
What Extinction means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definitions of Extinction
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Reference: AQA
When species no longer exist, shown by fossils appearing in older rocks but no living examples existing.
Occurs when there are no remaining individuals of a species still alive anywhere.
Topics that use Extinction
- Extinction (AQA GCSE)
- Fossils (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Behaviour recorded by traces
- Common ancestry
- Comparing fossil and living structures
- Decay and preservation
- Evidence for relationships between organisms
- Fossils
- Incomplete fossil record
- Preservation and decay
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