Cosmos Episode 9 - The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth

On what day of the cosmic calendar is 350 million years ago?

• March 15

• December 23

• July 4

• January 1

What form of life changed the composition of the atmosphere dramatically?

• insects

• dinosaurs

• bacteria

• trees

What is another name for the Permian mass extinction event?

• The Revival Of The Silk Roads

• The Great Dying

• The Increase In The Value Of Silver

• The African Diaspora

New England was neighbor to which geographical area 220 million years ago?

• South Africa

• North America

• North Africa

• West Africa

What did Abraham Ortelius say ripped America away from Europe and Africa?

• Earthquakes and floods

• Food and sanitation

• Community health and illness

• Warriors and rulers

What did Alfred Wegener suggest as the reason that certain dinosaur fossils were found in both Africa and South America?

• glaciers

• natural land bridges

• volcanoes

• continental drift

What did Marie Tharp discover in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean after drawing a map of the ocean floor?

• Siberia

• giant rift valley

• a volcano

• a sea monster

What is the longest submarine mountain range in the world?

• the Atlantic mid-Ocean ridge

• the Cascade range volcanoes

• the East African rift valley

• The Alps

What is the name of the deepest canyon on earth?

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Challenger Deep

• Marianas Trench

• Hawaiian Islands

What is the process bacteria use in the trenches in order to make food when sunlight doesn't reach that far?

• photosynthesis

• respiration

• chemosynthesis

• bioluminescence