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1
Who discovered the two-million-year rain period?
Alastair Ruffell
Charles Darwin
Isaac Newton
Marie Curie
41% got this right
Alastair Ruffell is a U.K. geologist and forensic scientist.
2
How many years ago did the two-million-year rain occur?
200 million years
200 years
3 million years
5,000 years
63% got this right
The rain occurred 200-300 million years ago.
3
What major landmass existed before continents separated?
Pangea
Atlantis
Gondwana
Laurasia
34% got this right
Pangea was a supercontinent that existed before the continents separated.
4
Which animals diversified due to the rain period?
Dinosaurs
Lions
Mice
Insects
32% got this right
The rain period allowed dinosaurs and other modern fauna to diversify.
5
What natural event may have sparked the rain?
Volcanic eruptions
Earthquakes
Meteor impacts
Tsunamis
21% got this right
Massive volcanic eruptions may have increased humidity, causing rain.
6
What did the rain period help develop globally?
Flora and fauna
Deserts
Mountains
Oceans
66% got this right
The rain period helped develop flora and fauna all over the globe.
7
What type of scientist is Alastair Ruffell?
Geologist
Biologist
Chemist
Physicist
52% got this right
Alastair Ruffell is a geologist and forensic scientist.
8
48 random squares
What era did the rain period enable?
Age of dinosaurs
Bronze age
Ice age
Stone age
69% got this right
The rain period enabled the age of dinosaurs.
9
What is a key class that formed modern fauna?
Mammals
Amphibians
Birds
Insects
56% got this right
Mammals are a key class that formed modern fauna.
10
Order these events: volcanic eruptions, rain period, dinosaur diversification
1.
Volcanic eruptions
2.
Rain period
3.
Dinosaur diversification
81% got this right
Volcanic eruptions can send ash up to 30 kilometers into the air.
11
What did the rock strata show?
Unusual layers
Crystals
Fossils
Minerals
19% got this right
The rock strata showed unusual layers deposited over 200 million years ago.
