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GototheUnderstandingGeologicTimewebsitebytheUniversityofCaliforniaMuseumofPaleontology
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/geotime/gtpage1.html
Answerthesequestionsasyoufollowthepromptsoneachpage.
1. TheEarthandmoonformed____________________yearsago.
2. The________life(singlecellandmulticellorganisms)appears3.9billionyearsago.
3. PlantsappearonEarth________________yearsago.
4. The____________becameextinct65millionyearsago.
5. Howistherelativeagedifferentthantheactualdate(absoluteage)ofanevent?
6. Sketchtherocklayersfor#6Relativetimeisrecordedinrocksbelow.Labeltheyoungestand
theoldestlayer.
7. Thediagramin#6illustratesthe_________of______________.
8. Nowlookatthefossilsonpage#7.EvidenceoftheeventsinEarth'shistoryisfoundwithinthe
rocks.UsingtheLawofSuperpositionnametheoldestfossilandtheyoungestfossil.
Youngest:_______________Oldest:_________________
9. Howdoscientistsdeterminetherelativeageofarockorfossil?
10. Whichcamefirst,trilobitesorammonites?_______________________
Howdidyouknow?
11. WhatcanradiometricdatingtellusabouttheageofrocksthattheLawofSuperpositioncannot?
12. The4eonsofthegeologictimescaleare:
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
13. WhicheracouldbecalledtheAgeoftheDinosaurs?___________________
14. Inwhichperioddidhumansfinallyappear?_______________________
15. ThedivisionsoftimeintheGeologicTimeScalerepresent_______________
___________________________________________________________.
IllustratetheGeologicTimeScale
Step#1Chooseanorganismtoillustratefromp132135,EarthsChangingSurface,ScienceExplorer
(purplebook).
Step#2NameoftheOrganism:___________________Period:______________________
Step#3Havetheteacherlookatyoursketchandselecttheareathatyouwillsketch
yourorganismontheclasstimeline.Trynottorepeatorganisms.
Whenyoufinishall10sectionsoftheGeologicTimewebsiteandanswerthe5questions,clickonthe
linktoVisittheUCMuseumofPaleontologyhomepage.ClickontheDiscovertheHistoryofLife
button.Finally,clickonthethirdlinkdowntogototheGeologicTimeexhibit.Explorethisareandseeif
youcandiscovertheanswerstotheseextracreditquestions.Eachisworth2extracreditpoints.
1. In1669,_____________________________describedtwobasicgeologicprinciples.Thefirst
statedthatsedimentaryrocksarelaiddowninahorizontalmanner(thelawoforiginal
horizontality),andthesecondstatedthatyoungerrockunitsweredepositedontopofolderrock
units(lawofsuperposition).
2. HowweretheCenozoic,theMesozoic,andthePaleozoicErasnamed?
3. Oxygenfirstbeginbuildingupintheatmosphereinthe______________eon.
4. Whatistheprincipleoffaunalsuccession?
5. TheCambrianperiodbeganwiththebreakupoftheworldcontinentcalled________________
andendedwiththeformationof________________,astheEarth'scontinentscametogether
onceagain.
6. Betweenwhichtwoperiodswasthelargestmassextinctionoflife?
______________________andthe______________________
7. Name6groupsoforganismsthatsurvivedtheCretaceousTertiaryextinction.
8. WhatwasCharlesLyellsbigcontributiontoscience?
9. WhydonorocksexistfromtheHadeaneonexceptmeteorites?
10. WhyisitthoughtthattherearesomanycarnivorestrappedintheLaBreatarpitsandsofew
herbivores?