Name:
Date:
Block:
Geologic Time: Scavenger Hunt
http://bit.ly/GeologicTime
Section 1: Read through the introduction.
Section 2:
The Earth is
of years old.
When you get to the “book” of Earth’s history, fill in the event on the appropriate page listed below:
Page 1:
Page 70,000:
Page 418,000:
Page: 435,200:
Page: 453,500:
Page 459,600:
Section 3:
Learning about event and when they happened helps us to
By looking at events in order, we sometimes
and another.
.
between one event
Section 4: Read and follow the instructions.
Section 5: Fill in the boxes with the appropriate data from the “fossil” timeline (not the U.S. history one).
Most Recent
Earliest
Section 6:
is recorded in rocks. (Look at the section title!)
Older rock layers are at the
and newer rock layers are on
.
Section 7:
What are ammonites?
What are trilobites?
Which is older?
Section 8:
Why do scientists use radiometric dating?
Section 9:
Evidence for the Earth’s history is in the
.
Their sequence tells us
What life existed during each of the following times in Earth’s history? (Hint: Use text for most answers.)
Phanerozoic (4):
Proterozoic (3):
Archean (1):
Pre-Archean (1):
What life existed during the three eras of Phanerozoic time?
Cenozoic (4):
Section 10:
Write the LETTER of your
choices for the quiz.
1.
2.
Mesozoic (3):
3.
4.
Paleozoic (4):
5.