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•This represents the life of our earth on the scale of a 24-hour clock
•Earth is an estimated 4.567 billion years old
•An exact order of events and their timing is not possible. These numbers are based on what we know right now.
•On this 24-hour scale:1 hour=190 m.y.every minute=3 m.y.every second=53 t.y.
24/0
12pm
6am18-6pm
3am
9am15-3pm
21-9pm
1
2
4
5
7
8
10
1113-1
14-2
16-4
17-5
19-7
20-8
22-10
23-11
1b.
2b.
3b.
4b.
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Copyright © 2011, InteractiveScienceLessons.com
•This represents the life of our earth on the scale of a 24-hour clock
•Earth is an estimated 4.567 billion years old
•An exact order of events and their timing is not possible. These numbers are based on what we know right now.
•On this 24-hour scale:1 hour=190 m.y.every minute=3 m.y.every second=53 t.y.
24/0
12pm
6am18-6pm
3am
9am15-3pm
21-9pm
1
2
4
5
7
8
10
1113-1
14-2
16-4
17-5
19-7
20-8
22-10
23-11
1b.
2b.
3b.
4b.
00:00 rock collects to form earth
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Billons of
yearsEvent
Time(Divide yrs .190)
Convert minutes
Hr : Min
.03“Theia” collision, debris forms
moon, earth tilts 23 ½ :
.15 Crust is cooling :
.667 Asteroid bombardment :
Hundredths of an hour
Hours
.03 ÷ .190 = 0.16 00.16x 60=9.6=10
10
Page 4
Copyright © 2011, InteractiveScienceLessons.com
•This represents the life of our earth on the scale of a 24-hour clock
•Earth is an estimated 4.567 billion years old
•An exact order of events and their timing is not possible. These numbers are based on what we know right now.
•On this 24-hour scale:1 hour=190 m.y.every minute=3 m.y.every second=53 t.y.
24/0
12pm
6am18-6pm
3am
9am15-3pm
21-9pm
1
2
4
5
7
8
10
1113-1
14-2
16-4
17-5
19-7
20-8
22-10
23-11
1b.
2b.
3b.
4b.
00:00 rock collects to form earth
00:10 Theia collison, moon, tilt
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Billons of
yearsEvent
Time(Divide yrs .190)
Convert minutes
Hr : Min
.03“Theia” collision, debris forms
moon, earth tilts 23 ½ :
.15 Crust is cooling :
.667 Asteroid bombardment :
.03 ÷ .190 = 0.16 00.16x 60=9.6=10
10
.15 ÷ .190 = 0.79 00 47.79x 60 =47.4
Page 6
Copyright © 2011, InteractiveScienceLessons.com
•This represents the life of our earth on the scale of a 24-hour clock
•Earth is an estimated 4.567 billion years old
•An exact order of events and their timing is not possible. These numbers are based on what we know right now.
•On this 24-hour scale:1 hour=190 m.y.every minute=3 m.y.every second=53 t.y.
24/0
12pm
6am18-6pm
3am
9am15-3pm
21-9pm
1
2
4
5
7
8
10
1113-1
14-2
16-4
17-5
19-7
20-8
22-10
23-11
1b.
2b.
3b.
4b.
00:00 rock collects to form earth
00:10 Theia collison, moon, tilt
00:47 crust is cooling
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Billons of
yearsEvent
Time(Divide yrs .190)
Convert minutes
Hr : Min
.03“Theia” collision, debris forms
moon, earth tilts 23 ½ :
.15 Crust is cooling :
.667 Asteroid bombardment :
.03 ÷ .190 = 0.16 00.16x 60=9.6=10
10
.15 ÷ .190 = 0.79 00.79x 60 =47.4 47
.667÷ .190= 3.51 03.51x 60 =30.6 31
Page 8
Copyright © 2011, InteractiveScienceLessons.com
•This represents the life of our earth on the scale of a 24-hour clock
•Earth is an estimated 4.567 billion years old
•An exact order of events and their timing is not possible. These numbers are based on what we know right now.
•On this 24-hour scale:1 hour=190 m.y.every minute=3 m.y.every second=53 t.y.
24/0
12pm
6am18-6pm
3am
9am15-3pm
21-9pm
1
2
4
5
7
8
10
1113-1
14-2
16-4
17-5
19-7
20-8
22-10
23-11
1b.
2b.
3b.
4b.
00:00 rock collects to form earth
00:10 Theia collison, moon, tilt
3:31 asteroid bombardment
3:57 rain, oceans form, intense volcanic activity
10:21 Prokaryotes-first real cells
16:10 First supercontinent-“Columbia”
18:46 photosynthesis
19:18 animals
20:21 plants
21:14 fish
22:25 mammals22:28 Pangaea
22:50 dinosaurs
23:05 Pangaea breaks up
23:15pm birds
23:41 6 mile-wide asteroid strikes Yucatan Peninsula. Large animals extinct
23:59 civilization
00:47 crust is cooling