Question

what may cause a mass extinction

Answer 1

NOW that's a fun question.

Answer 2

Is it weird I said that?

Asteroid, plague, super volcano, magnetic field reversal, gamma ray bursts, sea level change (global warming), humans (nuclear war).

Answer 3

Those are some of many

Answer 4

was your question provided with any choices or is this open ended ?

Answer 5

Probably had choices, but I wanted to share that...lol

Answer 6

There are many causes for mass extinctions like @iambatman said above. ^ Climate change, meteorite/comet impact & species domination are a just a few reasons.... Many scientist argue that we are currently in a mass extinction.

Answer 7

it can be many different reasons not sure which ones you are looking for lol
and I agree @iambatman

Answer 8

@Miracrown haha Lol you copied that from google

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_can_cause_a_mass_extinction?#slide=4

Answer 11

there can be many other reasons which we're not even aware of using our limited technology/senses

Answer 12

A cool thought experiment would be dealing with black holes, you can read a book by Neil deGrasse Tyson called "Death by Black Hole," it's very cool, in a nutshell if you die from a black hole they made a term for it...called spaghettification, where like the name says, you get spaghettified at an alarmingly fast rate. I don't want to get too visual with how it would look lol, I don't think it's appropriate. But, yes as Ganeshie mentioned our imaginations are limited.

Answer 13

Systematic removal of all representatives of a species.

Answer 14

That made me chuckle

Answer 15

The fact that you said this was a fun question made me chuckle.

Answer 16

I want someone to draw me a picture of earth shaking humans off of her like a dog does water... a bunch of people just flying in to space with looks of shock on their faces:)

Answer 17

lol

Answer 18

Challenge accepted @zz0rck3r