Welcome to the Anthropocene

The modern technology that helps scientists gather data about the temperature, weather, land cover, oceans, and more about planet Earth is......

• weather vanes

• instachat stories reports

• satellites in space

• wind socks

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The impact on the planet due to global warming is called...

• climate change
• the seasons
• the weather
• natural change

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Approximately how old is Planet Earth?

• 62,000 years

• 4.54 million years

• 6.2 billion years

• 4.54 billion years

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What is the Geologic Timescale determined by?

• Characteristics and changes in Earth's surface

• Characteristics and changes in Earth's climate

• Characteristics and changes in the types of organisms on Earth

• Nothing; the units of time are the same regardless of what was happening on Earth

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What epoch began 11,750 years ago?

• Holocene

• Pleistocene

• Miocene

• The Big Cene

What is a major characteristic of the Holocene epoch? Select all that apply!

• A warmer climate (the "Ice Age" was before)

• A more stable climate

• A cooler climate

• A less stable climate

Answer explanation

Because of this warmer, more stable climate, humans were able to invent agriculture!

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What do scientists believe humans were able to do because of the warmer, more stable climate of the Holocene?

• Invent agriculture

• Shift to a more nomadic lifestyle

• Control fire

• Start making tools

Answer explanation

It's hard to grow things when it's too cold!

Impacts on our Earth in the Anthropocene are primarily being caused by:

• squirrels

• sea life

• humans

• insects

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Scientists all agree exactly when the Anthropocene is said to start.

• True

• False

What happened July 16th, 1945 that has led some scientists to believe that is the start date of the Anthropocene?

• Plastic was invented

• The first oil spill occurred

• Humans started agriculture

• The first nuclear bomb was tested

Answer explanation

This was at the Trinity Site in New Mexico

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