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Species become extinct all the time. So the probability that one species or another will become extinct in the near future is one (meaning a certainty). But if you are asking whether a catastrophic event -- such as a huge asteroid striking the Earth and causing cataclysmic devastation -- will lead to mass extinction of all Earth's species, well, that's another matter altogether. According to NASA, the probability that the Earth will be struck by an undiscovered near-Earth object (NEO) that is bigger than one kilometer in diameter is one in 100,000 per year. The chances are much greater -- one in just 100 -- for objects the size of the one believed to have devastated a region of Siberia in 1908. (See provided link to the Tunguska event.) I am assuming that a 1-km asteroid would wreak sufficient havoc to destroy most, if not all, life on the planet.
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What is an event from the future called?
a future event
Is there any event with probability one but no occurrence?
Any known future event.
What's chances of an event occurring called?
It's called the probability of success.
Is there a passage in the Bible that prophesied the Holocaust?
No. There is no instance where the Bible unambiguously prophesied any future histirical event.
What does a P-value of 0.05 mean with respect to the probability of something happening out of 100 chances?
It means that there are at most five times in which the sought event occurs.It means that there are at most five times in which the sought event occurs.It means that there are at most five times in which the sought event occurs.It means that there are at most five times in which the sought event occurs.
What survived the extinction event of the dinosaurs-?
Avian dinosaurs survived the extinction event of the dinosaurs.
What evidence supports the idea that extinction is a natural event?
the idea that extinction evedince is a natural event
How do I use Permian Extinction in a sentence?
No, child, I was not a witness to the Permian Extinction. The Permian extinction event is the only known mass extinction of insects. The Permian extinction event occurred about 252 million years ago.
What is a very sudden elimination of a species from a catastrophic event?
I think it's extinction. ------------------------------- More specifically an "extinction event".
What is the extinction level event of Yellowstone caldera?
An eruption of the Yellowstone caldera occurs it will likely be an extinction level event.
What are the extinction of animals in the very distant past?
There were five major extinction events in the past. They are called the Cretaceous-Tertiary (or K-T) extinction event, the late Devonian mass extinction, the Permian mass extinction, the Ordovician-Silurian mass extinction and the Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction event.
Which fish faces the highest chance of extinction?
Blue-fin tuna fish are really close to extinction. They are most likely have the Highest Chances Of Extinction!
What is the dying out of many types of animals at once called?
A mass extinction or extinction event. For instance the death of the dinosaurs is the Cretaceous-Tertiary event (or K-T event for short).
Which event is the most likely to cause for the four periods when punctuated equilibrium seems to have occurred?
Extinction events, such as the Permian extinction and the KT extinction event. You have adaptive radiation driving evolutionary change after such events. Google " the rise of the mammals. "
When organisms disappear from earth?
An extinction event.
What happen at the of the era?
The Permian extinction event.
What is an event from the future called?
a future event
