The background rate of extinction describes the ___________.
A) average amount of time a species has before extinction
B) amount of time it takes for a similar species to become extinct
C) average rate of extinction in the time periods between mass extinctions
D) length of a given mass extinction
E) average rate of extinction after human impact on the environment
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