Question

data source: scott, j.m. 2008. threats to biological diversity: global, continental, local. u.s. geological survey, idaho cooperative fish and wildlife, research unit, university of idaho. humans & the extinction crisis s3 l2 11. choose the correct trend of human population growth and that of number of extinctions (look at the color code key in the left hand corner of the graph) as human population increases the number of extinctions increase as human population decreases so does extinctions

Explanation:

The graph shows that as the human population (black line) increases over time, the number of extinctions (green line) also increases. This indicates a positive - correlation between human population growth and the number of extinctions.

Answer:

As human population increases the number of extinctions increase