Geologic Time February 23 rd, 2015

Announcements Two briefs are due by Thursday February 26 th (Friday February 27 th for Section 1) Post Test for Outcome 5: Earth History will be next week: Wednesday March 4 th for Section 2 Thursday March 5 th for Section 1 Your Research Artifacts will be DUE on the same day as your Post-Test

A Little Review Four Laws of Stratigraphy Law of Superposition of Strata: Oldest rock layers can be found at the bottom of an undisturbed bed

A Little Review Law of Cross Cutting Relationships: An intrusion/extrusion is always going to be younger than the rock it cuts through

A Little Review Index Fossils Two things must be true about Index Fossils: – 1: They lived for only a “short” period of time – 2: They lived across a wide geographical area (they lived almost everywhere in the world!

What if All of Earth History Was Played on a 24 Hour Clock?? How many hours does a normal clock show? What time did humans get here? ogy/earths_history/animations/Geologic%20T imescale%20Clock.swf ogy/earths_history/animations/Geologic%20T imescale%20Clock.swf Humans got here at 11:59 p.m. We only got here a minute ago!

Regents Question

Divisions of Time

Precambrian (544 mya – 4.6bya)

Stromatolites

Fossil of stromatolites

Paleozoic Era ( ancient )

Mesozoic Era (middle)

Cenozoic Era (recent)

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