| Years from Now | Event Description | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24,110 | This place in Eastern Europe will return to normal radiation levels | Chernobyl Exclusion Zone | 95%
|
| 15,000 | This large desert will regain a tropical climate | Sahara Desert | 95%
|
| 50,000 | A day on Earth is expected to be one ______ longer than at present | Second | 86%
|
| 5.4 billion | This near and dear star will exhaust its hydrogen supply and swell into a red giant | The Sun | 86%
|
| 50 million | This planet will have experienced a collision with its moon Phobos | Mars | 82%
|
| 50 million | The African plate will collide with the Eurasian plate, and this sea will disappear | Mediterranean Sea | 82%
|
| 50,000 | This North American waterfall will completely erode and cease to exist | Niagara Falls | 82%
|
| 250,000 | The newest island of this Pacific Ocean archipelago will have risen up | Hawaiian Islands | 68%
|
| 1,100 | Gamma Cephei will replace Polaris as this | North Star | 68%
|
| 600 million | The moon will move far enough from the Earth that these shadowy phenomenon will not be possible anymore | Solar Eclipses | 68%
|
| 7.5 billion | As their star expands, Earth and Mars could become tidally ______, with only one of their sides facing the star | Locked | 59%
|
| 1 billion | The Golden Records above these spacecraft will be unplayable | Voyager spacecraft | 59%
|
| 1 million | This Egyptian landmark will erode into unrecognizablility | Great Pyramid of Giza | 55%
|
| 10,000 | The Svalbard Global Seed _____ is expected to last this long | Vault | 36%
|
| 500,000 | This national park in South Dakota will erode completely | Badlands National Park | 32%
|