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Was there a mass extinction during the last ice age?
Many geologists consider what you call the "last ice age" to be the last glacial of the present Ice Age, with the ice retreat starting only about 10-12ka. There was no mass extinction. A good many species did migrate or disappear altogther as the ice retreated, but in no way was it a mass extinction.
What is the moon's mass compared to the earth's mass?
1 earth mass = 81.78 moon mass (rounded)1 moon mass = 0.01223 earth mass = 1.223% of earth mass (rounded)The mass of the moon is only 1.2 percent of the mass of Earth.
What has caused most of the mass extinctions on earth?
Mass extinctions are caused by rapid, global changes. Usually these are changes in climate. Without the right temperatures and precipitation, plants that animals depend on die out, which wipes out the animals. Examples include the Permian-Triassic Extinction, where volcanoes in what is now Siberia caused intense global warming, wiping out over 90% of species, and the K-T Extinction, where an asteroid impact suddenly blocked sunlight for months or years, killing off the dinosaurs and many other organisms.
Why does earth have gravity when earth is in space?
because the earth has mass. Gravity is a the force of attraction that is related to the mass of an object. The greater the mass, the stronger the force of gravity.
Is the mass of earth decreasing?
Decreasing just a bit, but it is going to be several billion years before it becomes a problem. I wouldn't worry about it.
What is it called when a high percentage of the species on earth dies off at a particular line?
This would be called a mass extinction or mass die off.This would be called a mass extinction.
Is Earth is in danger of another mass extinction?
Mass extinctions occur when the conditions on Earth change faster than species can adapt. Since humans have greatly changed the conditions on Earth and continue to change them at rapid rates, a mass extinction is a likely possibility if nothing is done to reverse or stop the changes (mainly the amount of carbon dioxide being released to the atmosphere). Another common cause of mass extinctions are extraterrestrial which cannot be predicted and are somewhat spontaneous.
How do you use the word mass extinction in a sentence?
We are still not sure what caused the mass extinction of the dinosaurs, though an asteroid impact seems to be the popular theory.Scientists believe we may be heading towards another mass extinction event.
What is an example of mass extinction?
When the meteorite hit Earth and killed the dinosaurs.
What era ended in the largest mass extinction in earth's history?
Mesozoic
How did Earth's current era begin?
The beginning of Earth's current era is marked by a mass extinction.
What is the effect of mass extinction?
The effect of mass extinction is extinction, death of a mass
What is the K-T extinction?
The k-t extinction marks the transition from the cretaceous to the tertiary period in which it is hypothesized that a meteorite struck the Earth and caused a mass extinction.
What is it called when a high percentage of the species on Earth dies off?
Mass extinction
The mass extinction at the end of the Mesozoic Era was caused by .?
a comet impacting the earth
Is there going to be a meteor that destroys Earth?
No. While an impact from a large asteroid could cause a mass extinction event, no asteroid is large enough to destroy Earth. Collisions on the scale of the one that caused the last mass extinction occur roughly once every 100 million years. No known asteroids are on a collision course with Earth any time in the next 100 years.
Why was the permian extinction called the great dying?
The Permian extinction is called the "Great Dying" because it was earth's largest mass extinction which wiped out as much as 95% of life.
