15 questions
What do creatures do beside just live, reproduce, and die?
Work
Change the world around them
Photosynthesis
What is on the inside of our planet?
Molten rock
A mega-continent
Underground worlds
What is strange about the dinosaur tracks the paleontologist is observing?
They go straight up
They're bigger than normal
They look recently made
What makes lichen extraordinary?
They can survive without sunlight
They are poisonous
They can change the rock formations
What happens as lichen grows?
It can cover entire mountains if left unchecked
Fungal filaments break apart the rock
They increase the presence of carbon dioxide around them
What do broken particles washed into the ocean lead to?
More thunderstorms
Pollution
More volcanic eruptions
How do parrotfish make sand?
They eat coral and secrete sand
When they die, they turn into sand
When they eat another fish, they spit out the bones in the form of sand
When was oxygen first produced?
5 billion years ago
4 billion years ago
3 billion years ago
What is special about tree roots?
They can't catch fire
They can go through and around rock
They are the part of the tree where photosynthesis occurs
What is the limestone made from?
Volcanic rocks
Space dust
Bones and shells
What does the overuse of resources lead to?
Destruction of Earth’s surface
Increased oxygen in the atmosphere
Proliferation of life
Astronaut Chris Hadfield warns that the changes to the __________ are the most worrisome.
Oceans
Atmosphere
Genetics
Why did people move to Hashima Island?
Mine coal
Mine gold
Mine copper
What will happen to the Earth if humans are gone?
All life will cease to exist
It will self-destruct
It will endure
How long has it taken barren rock to become paradise?
4 billion years of change
3 billion years of change
2 billion years of change