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Title Comment Keywords
Ancient Myths About Earthquakes 01:35 - 02:10 (00:35) / 0.8 MB myth, animal, earthquake
A Calendar Year 02:51 - 03:54 (01:03) / 1.2 MB "James Sadd", "geologic time", "geologic age", planet, water, life, oxygen, gas, atmosphere, "multi-cellular organism", plant, animal, dinosaur, extinction, humans, "Industrial Revolution"
Carbon-14 19:37 - 20:27 (00:50) / 1.8 MB "radiocarbon dating", carbon-14, radioactivity, carbon, atmosphere, water, plant, animal, isotope, "absolute age dating"
Evolution Through Time 30 minutes / n.a. fossil, evolution, life, environment, extinction, animal, plant, Mesozoic, mammal, dinosaur, stromatolite, "sedimentary rock", Paleozoic, ecosystem, climate, Cenozoic, atmosphere, "rock formation"
Algae the Oldest Fossils 01:13 - 02:04 (00:51) / 0.8 MB "James Sadd", algae, fossil, Australia, Africa, "North American Continent", plant, animal, life, origin, bacteria
Simple Cell Structure 06:49 - 07:24 (00:35) / 1.0 MB stromatolite, prokaryotic, fossil, eukaryotic, animal
Life in the Paleozoic 10:00 - 10:50 (00:50) / 1.1 MB "James Sadd", Cambrian, Paleozoic, evolution, life, fossil, vertebrate, environment, invertebrate, animal, brachiopod, trilobite, coral, fish, plant
Rancho La Brea Tar Pits 17:31 - 18:36 (01:05) / 1.5 MB "George Jefferson", Cenozoic, "Rancho La Brea", "Los Angeles", tar, animal, fossil, life, Cenozoic, "Ice Age", climate, vertebrate
Los Angeles Basin Habitat 21:07 - 21:48 (00:41) / 0.7 MB fossil, tar, environment, habitat, "Rancho La Brea", "Los Angeles Basin", sagebrush, cypress, "pine tree", animal, deer, "dire wolf", "saber toothed cat", "ground sloth", mastodon, mammal, ecosystem, extinction, woodland
Natural Selection 23:23 - 23:55 (00:32) / 1.1 MB "Charles Darwin", animal, evolution
Resilience of Life 26:11 - 26:54 (00:43) / 0.8 MB "James Sadd", life, extinction, humans, plant, animal, dinosaur, evolution
Calcium and Phosphorous 13:48 - 15:09 (01:21) / 2.4 MB weathering, "chemical weathering", calcium, phosphorous, element, bone, plant, soil, animal, apatite, granite, phosphate, rock, "food chain", life, vertebrate
Biological Contribution 07:42 - 08:56 (01:14) / 1.3 MB "sedimentary rock", "chemical sedimentation", ocean, "biological activity", algae, coral, invertebrate, "calcium carbonate", shell, reef, "sea floor", limestone, fossil, chalk, plant, animal, life, "continental shelf", radiolaria, diatom, silica, chert, diatomite
Introduction to Wind, Dust and Desert 00:40 - 01:54 (01:14) / 1.1 MB introduction, "James Sadd", "Death Valley", lake, valley, shoreline, grassland, slope, "pine tree", humid, animal, bison, antelope, horse, pelican, flamingo, climate, glacier, "Ice Age", salt, lakebed, desert, plant, evaporation
Past Deserts 07:38 - 08:29 (00:51) / 1.6 MB "Southwestern United States", desert, "fossil dune", "Grand Canyon", sandstone, "Zion National Park", "cross-bedding", oxidation, iron, "dry land", plant, animal, fossil, forest, "geologic time", "plate tectonics", orogeny, mountain, "rain shadow"
Desert Dust 12:58 - 13:42 (00:44) / 1.2 MB desert, wind, "desert dust", rock, mineral, plant, animal, ash, detritus, "volcanic ash", atmosphere, storm
Land Bridges 17:58 - 18:26 (00:28) / 0.6 MB "Ice Age", "land bridge", "sea level", coastline, landmass, Asia, "North American Continent", animal, humans, continent, migration
Introduction to Preserving the Legacy 00:40 - 02:20 (01:40) / 1.2 MB introduction, "James Sadd", "H. G. Wells", humans, civilization, mining, agriculture, Roman, "Industrial Revolution", England, gravity, heat, "human power", technology, animal
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