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Title Comment Keywords
Down to Earth 30 minutes / n.a. geologist, volcanic eruption, resource, landslide, groundwater, earthquake, California, "Solar System", life
Introduction to the Earth 00:40 - 00:56 (00:16) / 0.2 MB life, "Solar System"
Life on Earth 01:37 - 02:06 (00:29) / 1.1 MB life
The Restless Planet 30 minutes / n.a. atmosphere, planet, volcano, "plate tectonics", ocean, mantle, life, convection
Life Was Not Always Everywhere on Earth 02:28 - 03:12 (00:44) / 1.2 MB "James Sadd", life
Water is Needed for Life 18:13 - 18:44 (00:31) / 1.6 MB life, ocean, atmosphere, "solar radiation"
Algae Add Oxygen to the Atmosphere 18:44 - 19:17 (00:33) / 0.6 MB "James Sadd", atmosphere, life, oxygen, water, algae
Earth is Alive 20:24 - 20:47 (00:23) / 0.7 MB "J. Lawford Anderson", "radioactive decay", earthquake, volcano, life, ocean, atmosphere, water
The Sea Floor 30 minutes / n.a. "mid-oceanic ridge", submersible, crust, topography, nodule, manganese, "sea floor", life
Life Forms in the Ocean Environment 22:40 - 23:28 (00:48) / 0.4 MB "mid-oceanic ridge", submersible, organism, life
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"
Force Building Land 05:12 - 06:06 (00:54) / 1.2 MB "James Hutton", land, erosion, life, stream, sand, gravel, sediment, "sedimentary rock", uplift, water
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
Cambrian Explosion 08:22 - 08:59 (00:37) / 0.5 MB eukaryotic, "sexual reproduction", fossil, life, "hard part", Precambrian, Cambrian
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
Life on Land 10:50 - 12:11 (01:21) / 1.4 MB "Dee Trent", life, atmosphere, oxygen, photosynthesis, stromatolite, algae, ozone, "carbon dioxide", "solar radiation", Precambrian, Paleozoic, limestone, ocean, horse, camel, humans, sycamore, "carbon cycle"
Largest Mass Extinction in Earth's History 12:11 - 13:02 (00:51) / 0.8 MB "James Sadd", Paleozoic, continent, supercontinent, Pangea, ocean, climate, collision, "continental margin", mountain, Alps, "Himalaya Mountains", ecosystem, extinction, life
Evolution in the Mesozoic 13:58 - 14:38 (00:40) / 0.7 MB "James Sadd", evolution, Mesozoic, life, "coral reef", "continental margin", reptile, fish, predation, plant, "desiduous tree", bird, mammal, dinosaur
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
Method of Evolution 21:48 - 23:23 (01:35) / 1.7 MB "Jamie Webb", fossil, "Rancho La Brea", Cenozoic, life, horse, evolution, ecosystem, woodland, grassland, environment, habitat, "Charles Darwin"
Resilience of Life 26:11 - 26:54 (00:43) / 0.8 MB "James Sadd", life, extinction, humans, plant, animal, dinosaur, evolution
Soil 13:12 - 13:48 (00:36) / 0.8 MB "James Sadd", weathering, "chemical weathering", soil, life, humans, habitat, plant, water, "trace element", bacteria, nutrient, "terrestrial food chain"
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
Conclusion 26:24 - 26:56 (00:32) / 1.0 MB "James Sadd", weathering, soil, life
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
Conclusion 25:25 - 26:50 (01:25) / 1.5 MB "James Sadd", metamorphism, crust, "Earth's surface", "metamorphic rock", "oceanic crust", "metamorphic grade", fossil, life, "geologic time", "plate tectonics", mountain, erosion, ocean, continent, temperature, pressure, collision, "convergent plate margin", subduction, melting, magma
Water Resource 19:34 - 20:39 (01:05) / 2.5 MB groundwater, resource, oil, hydrocarbon, energy, life, replenishment, infiltration, well
Water Supply 24:49 - 25:54 (01:05) / 1.7 MB "James Sadd", life, groundwater, resource, "recharge area", infiltration, rainfall, snow, "surface water", fracture, "pore space", permeability, aquifer, subsidence, pollution, well
Conclusion 25:45 - 26:48 (01:03) / 1.3 MB "James Sadd", desert, humans, life, dune, playa, salt, sand, "desert varnish", environment, landform, climate, lake, grassland, forest
Moraine Deposition 11:39 - 12:48 (01:09) / 1.2 MB "James Sadd", moraine, deposition, glacier, "glacial ice", "glacial melt", "glacial flow", "glacial advance", "glacial retreat", geologist, "Ice Age", "geologic time", climate, "sea level", evolution, life, "glacial cycle", "overlapping moraine"
Greenhouse Effect 24:09 - 24:42 (00:33) / 0.5 MB "sea level", "Greenhouse Effect", "carbon dioxide", "water vapor", atmosphere, "infrared radiation", humans, life
Nonrenewable Resources 02:20 - 03:28 (01:08) / 0.8 MB "James Sadd", life, humans, "human power", resource, "Industrial Revolution", fuel, oil, "natural gas", coal, uranium, energy, geologist
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