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Guided Notes
Geologic History
Relative Age Sequence of Events
Correlation Techniques Volcanic Ash Markers
Index Fossils Geologic Time Scale
Evolution Radioactive Dating
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8. What are major events that have occurred on Earth?
▪ Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago.
▪ Geologic time scale: geologists have subdivided geologic time into units based on fossil evidence.
o Fossil: any evidence of former life
▪ See ESRT pages 8-9 for specific geologic history of New York State!
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Units of Time: Largest to SmallestTime scale in
millions of years
Formation of Earth
TodaySplit into 3 eras. Note that each is
magnified to show all of the things that happened.
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8. What are major events that have occurred on Earth?
Four Major Divisions of Time: 1. Precambrian Eon: represents the first 88%
of Earth history.
• No fossils because organisms were small and soft & because most rocks were not sedimentary.
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Precambrian Eon
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8. What are major events that have occurred on Earth?
2. Paleozoic Era: 7% of Earth’s history
• Invertebrates, fishes, amphibians, vertebrate, land plants, and land animals all appear.
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Paleozoic Era
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8. What are major events that have occurred on Earth?
3. Mesozoic Era: 4% of Earth history.
• Evidence of dinosaurs, early birds, and early mammals
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Mesozoic Era
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8. What are major events that have occurred on Earth?
4. Cenozoic Era: Most recent 1% of Earth history.
• Fossils of modern plants and mammals
• Humans: Humanoids showed up late in the Cenozoic era and have existed for about 0.04% of Earth’s history.
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Cenozoic Era
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8. What are major events that have occurred on Earth?
Summary:
1. Life has not existed for most of Earth’s history. 2. Fossils provide evidence of evolution. 3. Humans are very “new” to Earth.
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8. What are major events that have occurred on Earth?
Precambrian
PaleozoicM
esozoic
CenozoicComplete the pie graph to show the amount of Earth’s history each time unit took.
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Units of Time: Largest to Smallest Information about species living at different times.
If there is no line, there is no rock record from that time in New York.
Time scale in millions of years
Index fossils that are found in New
York State
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Bars have organism group names. The beginning of the bar shows when the group came into existence. The end of the bar is when the group went extinct. The letters on the bars represent the time of the index fossils at the bottom of the page.
Mountain building (orogeny) and rock forming events.
How the continents have moved
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Use both pages together to determine when different events occurred.
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✓ Checkpoint – Geologic History & the ESRT: Use your knowledge of Earth Science and the Earth Science Reference Tables (pages 8/9, 2, and 3) to answer the questions below. Use your ESRT to fill in the table below for the three index fossils pictured.
Identification Letter
Fossil Name
Organism Group
Eon
Era
Period
Epoch
Important Geologic Event at this Time
NYS Landscape Region They May Be Found
! ! !
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Use both pages together to determine when different events occurred.
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✓ Checkpoint – Geologic History & the ESRT: Use your knowledge of Earth Science and the Earth Science Reference Tables (pages 8/9, 2, and 3) to answer the questions below. Use your ESRT to fill in the table below for the three index fossils pictured.
Identification Letter
Fossil Name
Organism Group
Eon
Era
Period
Epoch
Important Geologic Event at this Time
NYS Landscape Region They May Be Found
! ! !
L
Coelphysis
Dinosaurs
Phanerozoic
Mesozoic
Triassic
LatePangaea begins to
break up
Newark Lowlands
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✓ Checkpoint – Geologic History & the ESRT
2) What are two characteristics of index fossils that make it important in determining the age of rocks?
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3) What was another method discussed (very similar to index fossils) that helps geologists determine the age of rocks?