Earth's Story: A Journey Through Time for Kindergarteners

Question 1

What is the name of the air around Earth?

Accepted Answer

Atmosphere

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Ocean

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Lithosphere

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Hydrosphere

Question 2

When rocks break into smaller pieces, what do we call it?

Accepted Answer

Weathering

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Erosion

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Deposition

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Folding

Question 3

What makes things fall down on Earth?

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Gravity

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Magnetism

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Centrifugal force

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Buoyancy

Question 4

What is the biggest creature that lives on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Blue whale

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Elephant

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Whale

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Giraffe

Question 5

What explains how Earth's plates move?

Accepted Answer

Theory of Plate Tectonics

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Theory of Continental Drift

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Theory of Isostasy

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Theory of Seafloor Spreading

Question 6

What came first: the formation of the Earth or the formation of the oceans?

Accepted Answer

Formation of the Earth

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Formation of the oceans

Question 7

Where is the hottest part of the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Inner core

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Crust

Question 8

Why do we have day and night?

Accepted Answer

The Earth spins

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The Earth moves around the Sun

Question 9

Long ago, all the continents were joined together. What was the name of this supercontinent?

Accepted Answer

Pangea

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Gondwana

Question 10

What was the name of the very first part of Earth's long history?

Accepted Answer

Precambrian Era

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Stone Age

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Ice Age

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Dinosaur Era

Question 11

When Earth first formed, what did it look like?

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A hot, glowing ball of gas

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A cold, rocky planet

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A planet with oceans and land

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A planet covered in ice

Question 12

Which of these is NOT a significant event in Earth's history?

Accepted Answer

The invention of the wheel

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The formation of the oceans

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The extinction of the dinosaurs

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The creation of the atmosphere

Question 13

What do we call the layer of gases that surrounds our planet?

Accepted Answer

The atmosphere

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The lithosphere

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The hydrosphere

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The biosphere

Question 14

Who came up with the theory of evolution?

Accepted Answer

Charles Darwin

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Albert Einstein

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Isaac Newton

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Marie Curie

Question 15

What is the biggest ocean in the world?

Accepted Answer

Pacific Ocean

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Atlantic Ocean

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Indian Ocean

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Arctic Ocean

Question 16

What is NOT found in the ground?

Accepted Answer

Air

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Rocks

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Water

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Oil

Question 17

What did scientists say the Earth started as?

Accepted Answer

A giant ball of hot gas and dust

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A broken star

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A magical spell

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The Sun

Question 18

What is the name of the planet we live on?

Accepted Answer

Earth

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Jupiter

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Mars

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Saturn

Question 19

How old is Earth?

Accepted Answer

4.6 billion years old

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1 million years old

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100 million years old

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10 billion years old

Question 20

What were the first living things on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Bacteria

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Humans

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Dinosaurs

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Mammals

Question 21

What made the dinosaurs go extinct?

Accepted Answer

An asteroid impact

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A volcanic eruption

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Climate change

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A disease

Question 22

What part of Earth do we live on?

Accepted Answer

Crust

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Mantle

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Core

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Atmosphere

Question 23

What makes the seasons change on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Earth's tilting

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Earth's spinning

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The distance from the sun

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Sunspots

Question 24

What was the name of the big land that was once all together?

Accepted Answer

Pangea

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Gondwana

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Laurasia

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Atlantis

Question 25

What is the largest ocean in the world?

Accepted Answer

Pacific Ocean

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Atlantic Ocean

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Indian Ocean

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Arctic Ocean

Question 26

What is the tallest mountain in the world?

Accepted Answer

Mount Everest

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Mount Kilimanjaro

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Mount Denali

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Mount Fuji

Question 27

How old is the Earth?

Accepted Answer

4.6 billion years old

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100 years old

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100,000 years old

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1 million years old

Question 28

What was the first type of life on Earth?

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Bacteria

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Humans

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Dinosaurs

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Trees

Question 29

What hit Earth millions of years ago and caused the dinosaurs to become extinct?

Accepted Answer

Asteroid

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Meteor

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Comet

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Black hole

Question 30

What is the layer of gases that surrounds Earth?

Accepted Answer

Air

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Clouds

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Soil

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Lava

Question 31

What is the largest ocean on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Pacific Ocean

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Atlantic Ocean

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Indian Ocean

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Arctic Ocean

Question 32

Which planet in our solar system is the hottest?

Accepted Answer

Venus

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Mercury

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Jupiter

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Saturn

Question 33

What is the name of the force that pulls us toward the center of Earth?

Accepted Answer

Gravity

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Magnetism

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Electricity

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Friction

Question 34

What is the imaginary line that divides Earth into two equal halves?

Accepted Answer

Equator

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Tropic of Cancer

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Prime Meridian

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International Date Line

Question 35

What is the process by which plants turn sunlight into their food?

Accepted Answer

Photosynthesis

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Respiration

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Decomposition

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Erosion

Question 36

What is the name of our home planet?

Accepted Answer

Earth

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Mars

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Jupiter

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Saturn

Question 37

What group did dinosaurs belong to?

Accepted Answer

Reptiles

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Mammals

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Amphibians

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Birds

Question 38

What event is thought to have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs?

Accepted Answer

Asteroid impact

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Volcanic eruption

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Climate change

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Overpopulation

Question 39

What was the name of the very first continent on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Pangaea

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Asia

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North America

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South America

Question 40

Which layer of Earth do we live on?

Accepted Answer

Crust

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Mantle

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Core

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Atmosphere

Question 41

What is the name of the force that pulls objects toward the center of Earth?

Accepted Answer

Gravity

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Magnetism

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Friction

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Inertia

Question 42

What causes the seasons on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Earth's tilt as it orbits the Sun

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The Moon's gravity

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The Sun's rotation

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Changes in Earth's distance from the Sun

Question 43

Which gas makes up most of the Earth's atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Nitrogen

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Oxygen

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Carbon dioxide

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Helium

Question 44

What was the first living thing on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Tiny living things called bacteria

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Animals

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Plants

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Humans

Question 45

What big event made the dinosaurs go away?

Accepted Answer

A giant rock from space crashed into Earth

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A big volcano erupted

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A huge flood covered the whole Earth

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The weather changed too much

Question 46

How old is our planet Earth?

Accepted Answer

About 4.5 billion years

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About 1 billion years

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About 100 million years

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About 10,000 years

Question 47

Which of these is NOT a type of rock?

Accepted Answer

Rocks made from water

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Rocks made from hot melted stuff inside the Earth cooling down

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Rocks made by heat and pressure deep underground

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Rocks made from bits of other rocks that got squished together

Question 48

What is the name of the process that breaks big rocks into smaller rocks?

Accepted Answer

Weathering

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Erosion

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Deposition

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Metamorphism

Question 49

Which of these can we use again and again, without running out?

Accepted Answer

Sunlight

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Oil

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Coal

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Natural gas

Question 50

Which planet in our solar system is the hottest?

Accepted Answer

The planet with the beautiful clouds, Venus

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The planet closest to our sun, Mercury

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Our home planet, Earth

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The red planet, Mars

Question 51

Circle the choice that is NOT a layer of the Earth.

Accepted Answer

Air

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Crust

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Mantle

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Core

Question 52

Which of these animals lived during the time of the dinosaurs?

Accepted Answer

Triceratops

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Elephant

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Lion

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Dolphin

Question 53

What is the process that breaks rocks into smaller pieces?

Accepted Answer

Weathering

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Erosion

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Deposition

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Metamorphosis

Question 54

Which of these is the biggest ocean?

Accepted Answer

Pacific Ocean

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Atlantic Ocean

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Arctic Ocean

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Indian Ocean

Question 55

What is most of the air around us made of?

Accepted Answer

Nitrogen

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Oxygen

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Carbon dioxide

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Hydrogen

Question 56

Which of these comes from nature and we can use over and over again?

Accepted Answer

Sunlight

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Oil

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Coal

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Natural gas

Question 57

Which type of rock forms from melted lava?

Accepted Answer

Igneous

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Metamorphic

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Sedimentary

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Volcanic

Question 58

Which of these can cause the ground to shake?

Accepted Answer

Earthquake

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Hurricane

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Tornado

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Flood

Question 59

What is the name of our home planet?

Accepted Answer

Earth

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Sun

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Moon

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Mars

Question 60

How many years ago did Earth come to be?

Accepted Answer

About 4.6 billion years ago

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About 100 years ago

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About 1,000 years ago

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About 10 billion years ago

Question 61

What were the first living things to show up on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Bacteria

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Dinosaurs

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Mammals

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Humans

Question 62

Which of these was the biggest mass extinction event in Earth's history?

Accepted Answer

The Great Dying

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The Triassic-Jurassic extinction event

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The Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event

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The Ordovician-Silurian extinction event

Question 63

What was the name of the big landmass that existed about 250 million years ago?

Accepted Answer

Pangea

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Gondwana

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Laurasia

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Rodinia

Question 64

What makes up the most of Earth's air?

Accepted Answer

Nitrogen

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Oxygen

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Carbon dioxide

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Water vapor