Slide 1If Rocks Could Only Talk, What Would They Tell Us? Slide 2 How Old is the Earth? 1 million years old? 1 million years old? 1 billion years old? 1 billion years old?…
Slide 1READING THE ROCK RECORD Slide 2 relative time: events are in sequence, but no actual dates absolute time: identifies actual date of event Slide 3 Most geologic work…
Slide 1 3/19/12 - Bellringer What associations are there when… –Paleo and –Zoo Are part of the word? TURN IN TEST! Slide 2 Timeline of ALL TIME Review http://www.johnkyrk.com/evolution.html…
Slide 1 Earth History The Paleozoic Era Slide 2 Paleozoic Time (544 - 245 Million Years Ago) n Bracketed by the two most important biological events in Earth’s history:…
Slide 1 Valdosta State University Glen McDonald MGMS 7401 Slide 2 Precambrian The Precambrian eon is one of Earth’s earliest Eons and is actually a Supereon with smaller…
Slide 1 Slide 2 Chapter 21 Section 1 The Rock Record Slide 3 Review Vocabulary fossil: the remains, trace, or imprint of a once- living plant or animal Scientists organize…
Slide 1 Evolution in the Fossil Record Slide 2 Goals An evolutionary biologist’s geology toolkit Understand the nature of the rock record Understand the nature of the fossil…