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Habitat ____________ splits ecosystems into pieces and makes populations more vulnerable to disturbances or climate change.

A) diversification
B) extinction
C) fragmentation
D) unification

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fragmentation that is the answer
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The correct answer is (C) fragmentation.

Habitat fragmentation is discontinuities in a organism's preferred ecosystem, causing disturbance in a population and ecosystem decay. Cause of fragmentation is geological processes and human activities like deforestation. Habitat loss, which occur through the process of habitat fragmentation, is considered a greatest to species and biodiversity.

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