1. Go to Section: 17–1The Fossil Record A.Fossils and Ancient Life B.How Fossils Form C.Interpreting Fossil Evidence 1.Relative Dating 2.Radioactive Dating D.Geologic Time Scale 1.Eras 2.Periods Section 17-1 Section Outline

2. Go to Section: Relative Dating Can determine Is performed by Drawbacks Absolute Dating Comparing Relative and Absolute Dating of Fossils Section 17-1 Compare/Contrast Table Imprecision and limitations of age data Difficulty of radioassay laboratory methods Comparing depth of a fossil’s source stratum to the position of a reference fossil or rock Determining the relative amounts of a radioactive isotope and nonradioactive isotope in a specimen Age of fossil with respect to another rock or fossil (that is, older or younger) Age of a fossil in years

3. Go to Section: Water carries small rock particles to lakes and seas. Dead organisms are buried by layers of sediment, which forms new rock. The preserved remains may later be discovered and studied. Section 17-1 Figure 17-2 Formation of a Fossil

4. Go to Section: EraPeriodTime Permian Carboniferous Devonian Silurian Ordovician Cambrian (millions of years ago) EraPeriodTime (millions of years ago) EraPeriodTime (millions of years ago) 290 – 245 360–290 410–360 440–410 505–440 544–505 1.8–present 65–1.8 145–65 208–145 245–208 Quaternary Tertiary Cretaceous Jurassic Triassic Vendian650–544 Section 17-1 Figure 17-5 Geologic Time Scale

5. Go to Section: EraPeriodTime Permian Carboniferous Devonian Silurian Ordovician Cambrian (millions of years ago) EraPeriodTime (millions of years ago) EraPeriodTime (millions of years ago) 290 – 245 360–290 410–360 440–410 505–440 544–505 1.8–present 65–1.8 145–65 208–145 245–208 Quaternary Tertiary Cretaceous Jurassic Triassic Vendian650–544 Section 17-1 Figure 17-5 Geologic Time Scale

6. Go to Section: EraPeriodTime Permian Carboniferous Devonian Silurian Ordovician Cambrian (millions of years ago) EraPeriodTime (millions of years ago) EraPeriodTime (millions of years ago) 290 – 245 360–290 410–360 440–410 505–440 544–505 1.8–present 65–1.8 145–65 208–145 245–208 Quaternary Tertiary Cretaceous Jurassic Triassic Vendian650–544 Section 17-1 Figure 17-5 Geologic Time Scale

7. Go to Section: Mystery Detective Earth is billions of years old. There were not any witnesses to those early years. How, then, can scientists determine the conditions on Earth long before there were any scientists? Think about how you draw conclusions about occurrences that you did not witness. If you saw the charred remains of a house, for example, you could infer that it burned down. Section 17-2 Interest Grabber

8. Go to Section: 1.On a sheet of paper, list things that you can observe around you that lead you to infer about events you did not see. For example, what do skid marks in the roadway tell you? 2. Now, think about and list the evidence all around you that scientists might analyze when trying to piece together a history of Earth. How would finding the fossil of a sea animal in the middle of a desert tell a scientist something about the past? Section 17-2 Interest Grabber continued

9. Go to Section: 17–2Earth’s Early History A.Formation of Earth B.The First Organic Molecules C.How Did Life Begin? 1.Formation of Microspheres 2.Evolution of RNA and DNA D.Free Oxygen E.Origin of Eukaryotic Cells F.Sexual Reproduction and Multicellularity Section 17-2 Section Outline

10. Go to Section: Concept Map Evolution of Life Section 17-2 Early Earth was hot; atmosphere contained poisonous gases. Earth cooled and oceans condensed. Simple organic molecules may have formed in the oceans.. Small sequences of RNA may have formed and replicated. First prokaryotes may have formed when RNA or DNA was enclosed in microspheres. Later prokaryotes were photosynthetic and produced oxygen. An oxygenated atmosphere capped by the ozone layer protected Earth. First eukaryotes may have been communities of prokaryotes. Multicellular eukaryotes evolved. Sexual reproduction increased genetic variability, hastening evolution.

11. Go to Section: Mixture of gases simulating atmospheres of early Earth Spark simulating lightning storms Condensation chamber Cold water cools chamber, causing droplets to form Water vapor Liquid containing amino acids and other organic compounds Section 17-2 Figure 17-8 Miller-Urey Experiment

12. Go to Section: Aerobic bacteria Ancient Prokaryotes Ancient Anaerobic Prokaryote Primitive Aerobic Eukaryote Primitive Photosynthetic Eukaryote Chloroplast Photosynthetic bacteria Nuclear envelope evolving Mitochondrion Plants and plantlike protists Animals, fungi, and non-plantlike protists Section 17-2 Figure 17-12 Endosymbiotic Theory

13. Go to Section: Team, Team, Team! The first living things were unicellular. You, however, are multicellular. Is there an advantage to being multicellular? Section 17-3 Interest Grabber

14. Go to Section: 1.Make a list of at least six different organs in your body, and next to each, write the main function of that organ. 2.Now, examine your list. Do any main functions overlap? Do two or more organs do exactly the same thing? 3.Use your list to jog your memory, and write down the functions that must be performed by a unicellular organism. For example, you may have written that your nerves help you sense your environment. Doesn’t a cell need to sense its environment, too? Section 17-3 Interest Grabber continued