Cosmos Chapter 1

What is the most distant object built by human hands mentioned in the text?

• Hubble Space Telescope

• The International Space Station

• The Moon Rover

• NASA's Voyager One

What does Albert Einstein believe in, according to the text?

• The traditional concept of God

• The power of miracles

• Spinoza's God

• The supremacy of human beings

What percentage of the world's crops depend on bees and their fellow pollinators?

• 35%

• 45%

• 55%

• 25%

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What is the cosmic calendar a metaphor for?

• The timeline of human civilization

• The vastness of time from the universe's birth to now

• The evolution of technology

• The history of music

What did the plants and insects evolve to do together?

• Pollinate and reproduce

• Generate gravitational waves

• Produce sunlight

• Create oxygen

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What did the invention of agriculture lead to?

• The first human settlements

• The creation of the internet

• The development of space travel

• The invention of the wheel

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What is the significance of the ochre used by our ancestors?

• It was used as a weapon

• It was used to build shelters

• It was used for decoration and possibly other purposes

• It was used as a currency

What did the DNA mutation in one of our ancestors lead to?

• The creation of the wheel

• The development of the neocortex

• The invention of fire

• The ability to fly

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What did the alliance between plants and insects lead to?

• The development of human intelligence

• The evolution of bees

• The creation of the internet

• The extinction of dinosaurs

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What is the 'ship of the imagination' propelled by?

• Electricity

• Gravitational waves

• Skepticism and wonder

• Solar winds