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The following table shows data about the types of fossils found in certain sedimentary rock layers from the surface down to the lowest rock layer (Rock
Layer E):
Rock Layer
Fossils Found
Surface
None
А
A1, A2, B2, B3
B
B1, B2, B3
С
C1, C2, D2, E2, E3
D
D1, D2, E2, E3
E
E
E1, E2, E3
Based on this fossil record data, between which two rock layers does there appear to have been a mass extinction event?

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Based on the fossil record data, a mass extinction event occurred between C and B.

What are fossils?

Fossils are remains of dead plants and animals which have been preserved in rock layers in the earth's crust.

The variety of fossils that exists between two layers of rocks describe the nature of events occurring at a particular period of time.

Between rock layers B and C, there is least variety of species suggesting a mass extinction event occurred between C and B.

Therefore, Based on the fossil record data, a mass extinction event occurred between C and B.

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