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1. • Which time period is the oldest, middle, and
youngest based on the Principle of
Superposition?
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3. • RED SLIDE: These are notes that are very
important and should be recorded in your
science journal.
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4. -Please make notes legible and use indentations
when appropriate.
-Example of indent.
-Skip a line between topics
-Don’t skip pages
-Make visuals clear and well drawn.

5. • RED SLIDE: These are notes that are very
important and should be recorded in your
science journal.
• BLACK SLIDE: Pay attention, follow
directions, complete projects as described
and answer required questions neatly.
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9. • Remember: Make the most with the time
that you are given.

10. • Remember: Make the most with the time
that you are given. Getting a strong
education is worth the time.

11. • Remember: Make the most with the time
that you are given. Getting a strong
education is worth the time. The next few
years have a huge impact on the rest of
your life.

12.  Area of Focus: Earth System History and Time.
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13. What are some things that we think of as old?
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14. • Journal Question?
– If the history of the earth from its formation 4.6
billion years ago until present was put into a 12
hour day…

15. • Journal Question?
– If the history of the earth from its formation 4.6
billion years ago until present was put into a 12
hour day…
• How many hours, minutes, or seconds have humans
been around?

17. If the entire
history of the
earth was a 12
hour day.

18. Earth
Forms

19. Layers of
the earth
Form

20. Earth
Cools

21. Earth
Cools

22. Earth
Cools

23. Moon
Forms

24. Earth
Cools

25. Earth

27. Earliest
Crystals

28. Earliest
Rocks

29. Primitive
Life
Forms

38. Microbes
Begin to
produce Oxygen

39. First Cells
with
Nucleus

40. Explosion
of Ocean
Life

43. Shelled
creatures in
oceans

46. Primitive
Fish

47. First
Insects

48. Amphibians
Colonize
Land

49. Age of
Amphibians

50. Age of
Reptiles

51. First
Mammals

52. Dinosaurs
Dominate

53. First
Flowering
Plants

54. Extinction
of the
Dinosaurs

55. Age of
Mammals

56. 11:59

57. 11:59
Humans

58. ?

59. Human existence - The
last few seconds of the
last minute before
midnight.

60. • Video Link! What does this 12 hour
comparison sound like in one minute.
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXSEyttblMI

69. What Big Idea does
4.68 Billion years
represent?

71. The earth is very old, a lot
has changed, and the
processes of today happened
billions of years ago.

72. “I am only a few
thousand years old.”
“Incredibly young in
Earth’s very long
history.”

73.  Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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74.  Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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75. • Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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Can you find the science teacher
hero words?

76. • Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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Can you find the science teacher
hero words?

77. • Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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Can you find the science teacher
hero words?

78. • Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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Can you find the science teacher
hero words?

79. • Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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Can you find the science teacher
hero words?

80. • Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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Can you find the science teacher
hero words?

81. • Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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System:

82. • Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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System: A group of individual
elements that make a whole.

83. • Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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Physical:

84. • Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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Physical: Laws that affect matter,
energy and their interaction.

85. • Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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Physical: Laws that affect matter,
energy and their interaction.
-Nature and properties of
non-living matter and energy.

86. • Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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Physical: Laws that affect matter,
energy and their interaction.
-Nature and properties of
non-living matter and energy.

87. • Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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Physical: Laws that affect matter,
energy and their interaction.
-Nature and properties of
non-living matter and energy.
- Matter:

88. • Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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Physical: Laws that affect matter,
energy and their interaction.
-Nature and properties of
non-living matter and energy.
- Matter: Anything that has
mass and takes up space.

89. • Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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Chemical:

90. • Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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Chemical: When a substance
changes form.
-Atoms and molecules change.

91. • Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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Chemical: When a substance
changes form.

92. • Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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Biological:

93. • Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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Biological: Life and living things

94. • Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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Components:

95. • Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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Components: Part of something

96. • Earth system history has physical, chemical, and
biological components.
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Summary: Earth has a group of
elements working together.
These elements include laws of
matter, changes in atoms, and
also includes living things. All of
these parts working together
make up earth the history of the
earth.

97.  Uni for mi tar i an ism : The laws of nature
have not changed over time.
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98.  Uni for mi tar i an ism : The laws of nature
have not changed over time.
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99.  Uni for mi tar i an ism : The laws of nature
have not changed over time.
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100.  Uni for mi tar i an ism : The laws of nature
have not changed over time.
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101.  Uni for mi tar i an ism : The laws of nature
have not changed over time.
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102.  Uni for mi tar i an ism : The laws of nature
have not changed over time.
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103.  Uni for mi tar i an ism : The laws of nature
have not changed over time.
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104.  Uni for mi tar i an ism : The laws of nature
have not changed over time.
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105.  Uniformitarianism : The laws of nature have not
changed over time.
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106.  Uniformitarianism : The laws of nature have not
changed over time.
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107.  Uniformitarianism : The laws of nature have not
changed over time.
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108. • Laws of nature:

109. • Laws of nature:
– How chemicals react?

110. • Laws of nature:
– How chemicals react?
– How water erodes materials?

111. • Laws of nature:
– How chemicals react?
– How water erodes materials?
– Laws of physics?

112. • Laws of nature:
– How chemicals react?
– How water erodes materials?
– Laws of physics?
• These are things that don’t change. They occur
today as they did Billions of years ago.

113. • Evolution has also occurred during the earths
long history.
– Gene Pools can change when…
– Populations can shrink
• Diseases, extinctions, introduction of new better adapted species,
predators.
– Non-random mating
• Organisms choose strongest mate, ones in similar boundaries,
– Mutations in the genes
• Genes can change. Some are good, some are bad.
• The environment will decide.
– Movement in and out of the population
• Immigration, gene flow.
– Natural selection
• Adaptations to the environment that do well replace poor ones.
Usually an advancement.

114. • Evolution has also occurred during the earths
long history.
– Gene Pools can change when…
– Populations can shrink
• Diseases, extinctions, introduction of new better adapted species,
predators.
– Non-random mating
• Organisms choose strongest mate, ones in similar boundaries,
– Mutations in the genes
• Genes can change. Some are good, some are bad.
• The environment will decide.
– Movement in and out of the population
• Immigration, gene flow.
– Natural selection
• Adaptations to the environment that do well replace poor ones.
Usually an advancement.

116. • Evolution is the change in the gene pool
overtime.
– Gene Pools can change when…
– Populations can shrink
• Diseases, extinctions, introduction of new better adapted species,
predators.
– Non-random mating
• Organisms choose strongest mate, ones in similar boundaries,
– Mutations in the genes
• Genes can change. Some are good, some are bad.
• The environment will decide.
– Movement in and out of the population
• Immigration, gene flow.
– Natural selection
• Adaptations to the environment that do well replace poor ones.
Usually an advancement.

117. • Evolution is the change in the gene pool
overtime.
– Gene Pools can change when…
– Populations can shrink
• Diseases, extinctions, introduction of new better adapted species,
predators.
– Non-random mating
• Organisms choose strongest mate, ones in similar boundaries,
– Mutations in the genes
• Genes can change. Some are good, some are bad.
• The environment will decide.
– Movement in and out of the population
• Immigration, gene flow.
– Natural selection
• Adaptations to the environment that do well replace poor ones.
Usually an advancement.

118. • Evolution is the change in the gene pool
overtime.
– Gene Pools can change when…
– Populations can shrink
• Diseases, extinctions, introduction of new better adapted species,
predators.
– Non-random mating
• Organisms choose strongest mate, ones in similar boundaries,
– Mutations in the genes
• Genes can change. Some are good, some are bad.
• The environment will decide.
– Movement in and out of the population
• Immigration, gene flow.
– Natural selection
• Adaptations to the environment that do well replace poor ones.
Usually an advancement.

120. • Evolution is the change in the gene pool
overtime.
– Gene Pools can change when…
– Populations can shrink
• Diseases, extinctions, introduction of new better adapted species,
predators.
– Non-random mating
• Organisms choose strongest mate, ones in similar boundaries,
– Mutations in the genes
• Genes can change. Some are good, some are bad.
• The environment will decide.
– Movement in and out of the population
• Immigration, gene flow.
– Natural selection
• Adaptations to the environment that do well replace poor ones.
Usually an advancement.

121. • Evolution is the change in the gene pool
overtime.
– Gene Pools can change when…
– Populations can shrink
• Diseases, extinctions, introduction of new better adapted species,
predators.
– Non-random mating
• Organisms choose strongest mate, ones in similar boundaries,
– Mutations in the genes
• Genes can change. Some are good, some are bad.
• The environment will decide.
– Movement in and out of the population
• Immigration, gene flow.
– Natural selection
• Adaptations to the environment that do well replace poor ones.
Usually an advancement.

123. • Evolution is the change in the gene pool
overtime.
– Gene Pools can change when…
– Populations can shrink
• Diseases, extinctions, introduction of new better adapted species,
predators.
– Non-random mating
• Organisms choose strongest mate, ones in similar boundaries,
– Mutations in the genes
• Genes can change. Some are good, some are bad.
• The environment will decide.
– Movement in and out of the population
• Immigration, gene flow.
– Natural selection
• Adaptations to the environment that do well replace poor ones.
Usually an advancement.

124. • Evolution is the change in the gene pool
overtime.
– Gene Pools can change when…
– Populations can shrink
• Diseases, extinctions, introduction of new better adapted species,
predators.
– Non-random mating
• Organisms choose strongest mate, ones in similar boundaries,
– Mutations in the genes
• Genes can change. Some are good, some are bad.
• The environment will decide.
– Movement in and out of the population
• Immigration, gene flow.
– Natural selection
• Adaptations to the environment that do well replace poor ones.
Usually an advancement.

127. • Evolution is the change in the gene pool
overtime.
– Gene Pools can change when…
– Populations can shrink
• Diseases, extinctions, introduction of new better adapted species,
predators.
– Non-random mating
• Organisms choose strongest mate, ones in similar boundaries,
– Mutations in the genes
• Genes can change. Some are good, some are bad.
• The environment will decide.
– Movement in and out of the population
• Immigration, gene flow.
– Natural selection
• Adaptations to the environment that do well replace poor ones.
Usually an advancement.

128. • Evolution is the change in the gene pool
overtime.
– Gene Pools can change when…
– Populations can shrink
• Diseases, extinctions, introduction of new better adapted species,
predators.
– Non-random mating
• Organisms choose strongest mate, ones in similar boundaries,
– Mutations in the genes
• Genes can change. Some are good, some are bad.
• The environment will decide.
– Movement in and out of the population
• Immigration, gene flow.
– Natural selection
• Adaptations to the environment that do well replace poor ones.
Usually an advancement.

130. • Evolution is the change in the gene pool
overtime.
– Gene Pools can change when…
– Populations can shrink
• Diseases, extinctions, introduction of new better adapted species,
predators.
– Non-random mating
• Organisms choose strongest mate, ones in similar boundaries,
– Mutations in the genes
• Genes can change. Some are good, some are bad.
• The environment will decide.
– Movement in and out of the population
• Immigration, gene flow.
– Natural selection
• Adaptations to the environment that do well replace poor ones.
Usually an advancement.

131. • Evolution is the change in the gene pool
overtime.
– Gene Pools can change when…
– Populations can shrink
• Diseases, extinctions, introduction of new better adapted species,
predators.
– Non-random mating
• Organisms choose strongest mate, ones in similar boundaries,
– Mutations in the genes
• Genes can change. Some are good, some are bad.
• The environment will decide.
– Movement in and out of the population
• Immigration, gene flow.
– Natural selection
• Adaptations to the environment that do well replace poor ones.
Usually an advancement.

132.  Principle of superposition: Oldest rocks and
fossil are on bottom, youngest on top.

133.  Principle of superposition: Oldest rocks and
fossil are on bottom, youngest on top.

134.  Principle of superposition: Oldest rocks and
fossil are on bottom, youngest on top.

135.  Principle of superposition: Oldest rocks and
fossil are on bottom, youngest on top.

136.  Principle of superposition: Oldest rocks and
fossil are on bottom, youngest on top.

137.  Principle of superposition: Oldest rocks and
fossil are on bottom, youngest on top.

138.  Principle of superposition: Oldest rocks and
fossil are on bottom, youngest on top.

141. Oldest Rock Layers

142. Youngest Rock Layers
Oldest Rock Layers

143. • Which time period is the oldest, middle, and
youngest based on the Principle of
Superposition?
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144. • Which time period is the oldest, middle, and
youngest based on the Principle of
Superposition?
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145. • Which time period is the oldest, middle, and
youngest based on the Principle of
Superposition?
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146. • Which time period is the oldest, middle, and
youngest based on the Principle of
Superposition?
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147. • Activity! Which of the following is older
based on the Principle of Superposition?
– Shells or ferns?
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148. • Video Link! Law of Superposition
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EadTLGM
u3LI
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149. • Activity! Which of the following is older
based on the Principle of Superposition?
– Shells or ferns?
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150. • Activity! Which of the following is older
based on the Principle of Superposition?
– Shells or ferns?
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151. • Answer:
– Shells
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152. • Which is older, Fish or Snails?
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153. • Which is older, Fish or Snails?
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154. • Which is older, Fish or Snails?
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155. • Which is older, Fish or Snails?
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156. • Which is older, Early dinosaurs or plants?
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157. • Which is older, Early dinosaurs or plants?
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158. • Which is older, Early dinosaurs or plants?
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159. • Which is older, Early dinosaurs or plants?
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160. • Which three layers of rock could have
occurred after a major extinction event?
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161. • Which three layers of rock could have
occurred after a major extinction event?
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Extinction:

162. • Which three layers of rock could have
occurred after a major extinction event?
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Extinction: No longer actively
living.

163. • Which three layers of rock could have
occurred after a major extinction event?
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Extinction: No longer actively
living.
- Death of the last individual
of a species.

164. • Which three layers of rock could have
occurred after a major extinction event?
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Extinction: No longer actively
living.
- Death of the last individual
of a species.

165. • Which three layers of rock could have
occurred after a major extinction event?
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166. • Very few fossils in a particular rock layer
may indicate an extinction event occurred
just prior? Answer 10,
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167. • Very few fossils in a particular rock layer
may indicate an extinction event occurred
just prior? Answer 10, 8,
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168. • Very few fossils in a particular rock layer
may indicate an extinction event occurred
just prior? Answer 10, 8, 6
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169. • The fossil record of changes in plants and
animals over millions of years.
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170. • The fossil record of changes in plants and
animals over millions of years.
– From simple to more complicated.
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171. • Principle of superposition. The rock layers
on the bottom are older.
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172. • Principle of superposition. The rock layers
on the bottom are older.
– More primitive creatures are seen in the older
rock layers.
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173. • Activity! Principle of Superposition.
– Stack books one at a time.
– Teacher will place a playing card every so often into the
pile. (From Complicated Top to Simple Bottom)
– Unveil the rock layers and types of cards from the most
recent (top) to the oldest (bottom).
– Record a visual in journal with rocks layers and cards
(fossils).
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175. ?
?
?
?
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176. ?
?
?
?
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177. Q/J
?
?
?
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178. Q/J
?
?
?
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179. Q/J
?
?
10/
9
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180. Q/J
?
?
10/
9
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181. Q/J
?
8
10/
9
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182. Q/J
?
8
10/
9
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183. Q/J
?
8
10/
9
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184. Q/J
2
8
10/
9
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185. Q/J
2
8
10/
9
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Note: Primitive
creatures can be in
younger layers.

186. Q/J
2
8
10/
9
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Note: Primitive
creatures can be in
younger layers.
Not the other
way around

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Human remains are only found
at the very top of the fossil
record. We are a young species.

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500 million years ago

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500 million years ago
Present

192. • Earth’s Timeline is divided into various units of time.
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193. • Earth’s Timeline is divided into various units of time.
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194. • Earth’s Timeline is divided into various units of time.
– Eon (Longest amount of time)
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195. • Earth’s Timeline is divided into various units of time.
– Eon (Longest amount of time)
– Hadeon
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196. • Earth’s Timeline is divided into various units of time.
– Eon (Longest amount of time)
– Hadeon, Archeon
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197. • Earth’s Timeline is divided into various units of time.
– Eon (Longest amount of time)
– Hadeon, Archeon, Proterozoic
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198. • Earth’s Timeline is divided into various units of time.
– Eon (Longest amount of time)
– Hadeon, Archeon, Proterozoic
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199. • Earth’s Timeline is divided into various units of time.
– Eon (Longest amount of time)
– Hadeon, Archeon, Proterozoic, Phanerozoic
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200. • Earth’s Timeline is divided into various units of time.
– Era (Second longest unit of time)
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201. • Earth’s Timeline is divided into various units of time.
– Era (Second longest unit of time)
– Paleozoic,
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202. • Earth’s Timeline is divided into various units of time.
– Era (Second longest unit of time)
– Paleozoic, Mesozoic,
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203. • Earth’s Timeline is divided into various units of time.
– Era (Second longest unit of time)
– Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
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204. • Earth’s Timeline is divided into various units of time.
– Period (Third longest unit of time)
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205. • Earth’s Timeline is divided into various units of time.
– Period (Third longest unit of time)
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206. • Earth’s Timeline is divided into various units of time.
– Epoch (Shortest Unit of Geologic Time)
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207. • Earth’s Timeline is divided into various units of time.
– Epoch (Shortest Unit of Geologic Time)
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208. What is longer, the
Vendian Period or
the Paleozoic Era?

209. What is longer, the
Vendian Period or
the Paleozoic Era?

210. What is longer, the
Vendian Period or
the Paleozoic Era?

211. What is longer, the
Eocene Epoch or the
Tertiary Period or
the Paleozoic Era?

212. What is longer, the
Eocene Epoch or the
Tertiary Period or
the Paleozoic Era?

213. What is longer, the
Eocene Epoch or the
Tertiary Period or
the Paleozoic Era?

214. What is longer, the
Mesozoic Era or the
Proterozoic Eon?

215. What is longer, the
Mesozoic Era or the
Proterozoic Eon?

216. What is longer, the
Mesozoic Era or the
Proterozoic Eon?

217. The Jurassic Period
belongs in what Era?

218. The Jurassic Period
belongs in what Era?
Answer:
Mesozoic Era

219. The Pilocene Epoch
belongs to this
Period?

220. The Pliocene Epoch
belongs to this
Period?

221. The Pliocene Epoch
belongs to this
Period?
Answer:
Tertiary Period

222. The Tertiary Period
belongs to this Era?

223. The Tertiary Period
belongs to this Era?

224. The Tertiary Period
belongs to this Era?
Answer:
Cenozoic Era

225. The Cenozoic Era
belongs to this Eon?

226. The Cenozoic Era
belongs to this Eon?

227. The Cenozoic Era
belongs to this Eon?
Answer:
Phanerozoic Eon

228. Describe all of the
units of time that
the Cambrian is part
of?

229. Describe all of the
units of time that
the Cambrian is part
of?

230. Describe all of the
units of time that
the Cambrian is part
of?
Answer:
Cambrian Period

231. Describe all of the
units of time that
the Cambrian is part
of?
Answer:
Cambrian Period
Paleozoic Era

232. Describe all of the
units of time that
the Cambrian is part
of?
Answer:
Cambrian Period
Paleozoic Era
Phanerozoic Eon

233. Describe all of the
units of time that
the Pleistocene is
part of?

234. Describe all of the
units of time that
the Pleistocene is
part of?
Pleistocene Epoch

235. Describe all of the
units of time that
the Pleistocene is
part of?
Pleistocene Epoch
Quaternary Period

236. Describe all of the
units of time that
the Pleistocene is
part of?
Pleistocene Epoch
Quaternary Period
Cenozoic Era

237. Describe all of the
units of time that
the Pleistocene is
part of?
Pleistocene Epoch
Quaternary Period
Cenozoic Era
Phanerzoic Eon

238. Which time unit
makes up the most
of Earth’s History?

239. Which time unit
makes up the most
of Earth’s History?
The Precambrian
Super-Eon

240. Certain events /
changes on Earth
mark the end of one
time period, and the
start of another.

241. Certain events /
changes on Earth
mark the end of one
time period, and the
start of another.
Often these are
extinction events.

245.  The system is fragile. Changes in living
conditions for animals have been numerous
throughout Earth’s history.
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246.  The system is fragile. Changes in living
conditions for animals have been numerous
throughout Earth’s history.
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255. The Earth is a fragile
system that has…

256. The earth has changed
many times and most
species go extinct.

257. • Are you ready for the scary piece of
knowledge on the next slide.

258. • Are you ready for the scary piece of
knowledge on the next slide.

259. • 99.5% of all things that have ever lived
have become extinct.
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260. • 99.5% of all things that have ever lived
have become extinct.
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275. Where are the extinction
events below?

308. “I’m waiting.”
“99.5%”

309. “I’m waiting.”
“99.5%”
Learn more at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/history_of
_the_earth

310. • Video Link! (Optional) Hank explains mass
extinctions.
– Preview for language
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlUes_NPa6M

311. • You should be close to page 3 of your
Earth System History homework.

312. • Activity! Timeline
– Please jot down pictures, descriptions, and
words in all of the these time periods as they are
covered.
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317. • Video! History of the earth in five minutes.
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318. • Activity! Making a timeline of Earth’s long
history on a paper roll.

319. • Activity: Making a timeline of Earth System
History.
– http://serc.carleton.edu/quantskills/activities/c
alculatortape.html

320. 4.56 meters

321. 4.56 meters

322. 4.56 meters

323. 4.56 meters

324. 4.56 meters

325. 4.56 meters

326. 4.56 meters
500 m.y. 500 m.y

327. 4.56 meters
500 m.y. 500 m.y

328. 4.56 meters
500 m.y. 500 m.y 250
m.y.
250

329. 4.56 meters
500 m.y. 500 m.y 250
m.y.
250

330. 4.56 meters
500 m.y. 500 m.y 250
m.y.
250
650 m.y.a

331. 4.56 meters
500 m.y. 500 m.y 250
m.y.
250
248 m.y.a

332. 4.56 meters
500 m.y. 500 m.y 250
m.y.
250
65 m.y.a

333. 4.56 meters
500 m.y. 500 m.y 250
m.y.
250
Proteorzoic Eon
Starts Here

334. 4.56 meters
500 m.y. 500 m.y 250
m.y.
250
Archean Eon Starts Here

335. 4.56 meters
500 m.y. 500 m.y 250
m.y.
250
Archean Eon Starts Here

336. 4.56 meters
500 m.y. 500 m.y 250
m.y.
250
Set-up timeline so you can see
screen over the next few days.

337. 4.56 meters
500 m.y. 500 m.y 250
m.y.
250

338. 4.56 meters
500 m.y. 500 m.y 250
m.y.
250
Hadeon Eon Archean Eon Proterozoic Eon
Paleozoic Era Mesozoic Era Cenozoic Era

339. 4.56 meters
500 m.y. 500 m.y 250
m.y.
250
Hadeon Eon Archean Eon Proterozoic Eon
Paleozoic Era Mesozoic Era Cenozoic Era

340. 4.56 meters
500 m.y. 500 m.y 250
m.y.
250
Hadeon Eon Archean Eon Proterozoic Eon
Paleozoic Era Mesozoic Era Cenozoic Era

341. 4.56 meters
500 m.y. 500 m.y 250
m.y.
250
Hadeon Eon Archean Eon Proterozoic Eon
Paleozoic Era Mesozoic Era Cenozoic Era

342. 4.56 meters
500 m.y. 500 m.y 250
m.y.
250
Hadeon Eon Archean Eon Proterozoic Eon
Paleozoic Era Mesozoic Era Cenozoic Era

343. 4.56 meters
500 m.y. 500 m.y 250
m.y.
250
Hadeon Eon Archean Eon Proterozoic Eon
Paleozoic Era Mesozoic Era Cenozoic Era

344. 4.56 meters
500 m.y. 500 m.y 250
m.y.
250
Hadeon Eon Archean Eon Proterozoic Eon
Paleozoic Era Mesozoic Era Cenozoic Era

346. • Website to gather info / pictures for timeline:
– http://www.totallydifferent.co.uk/fossils/Geologic
al_Timeline.html

349. • Please draw pictures and include text on your
timeline as we cover them in the slideshow.
– Get your timeline ready, pencils, markers etc,
sketch as we move down the timeline.
– Your group must work together in a small space
which is 75% of the challenge.

350. 4.56 meters
500 m.y. 500 m.y 250
m.y.
250
Hadeon Eon Archean Eon Proterozoic Eon
Paleozoic Era Mesozoic Era Cenozoic Era

351. http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Website Link:

352. • This part of the PowerPoint roadmap is just one small
part of my Geology Topics Unit. This unit includes…
• A six part 6,000 Slide PowerPoint Presentation / unit
roadmap full of activities, review questions, games, video
links, flashcards, materials list, and much more.
• A 18 bundled homework package, modified version, 19
pages of unit notes, 6 PowerPoint Review Games of
100+ slides each, videos, rubrics, and much more that
all chronologically follow the unit slideshow.
• This is a fantastic unit for any Earth Science Class.
• http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Geology_Unit.html

354. Areas of Focus within The Geology
Topics Unit:
-Areas of Focus within The Geology Topics Unit: Plate Tectonics, Evidence for
Plate Tectonics, Pangea, Energy Waves, Layers of the Earth, Heat Transfer,
Types of Crust, Plate Boundaries, Hot Spots, Volcanoes, Positives and
Negatives of Volcanoes, Types of Volcanoes, Parts of a Volcano, Magma, Types
of Lava, Viscosity, Earthquakes, Faults, Folds, Seismograph, Richter Scale,
Seismograph, Tsunami’s, Rocks, Minerals, Crystals, Uses of Minerals, Types of
Crystals, Physical Properties of Minerals, Rock Cycle, Common Igneous Rocks,
Common Sedimentary Rocks, Common Metamorphic Rocks., Age of the Earth,
Uniformitarianism, Principle of Superposition, Earth History, Time Units,
Timeline of Events, Basic Evolution, Mass Extinction Events, Dinosaurs, Early
Mammals, and more.
Full Unit can be found at…
http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Geology_U
nit.html

361. • This was a very brief tour. Please visit the
links below to learn more about each of the
units in this curriculum package.
– These units take me about four years to complete
with my students in grades 5-10.
Earth Science Units Extended Tour Link and Curriculum Guide
Geology Topics Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Geology_Unit.html
Astronomy Topics Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Astronomy_Unit.html
Weather and Climate Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Weather_Climate_Unit.html
Soil Science, Weathering, More http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Soil_and_Glaciers_Unit.html
Water Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Water_Molecule_Unit.html
Rivers Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/River_and_Water_Quality_Unit.html
= Easier = More Difficult = Most Difficult
5th – 7th grade 6th – 8th grade 8th – 10th grade

362. Physical Science Units Extended Tour Link and Curriculum Guide
Science Skills Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Science_Introduction_Lab_Safety_Metric_Methods.
html
Motion and Machines Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Newtons_Laws_Motion_Machines_Unit.html
Matter, Energy, Envs. Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Energy_Topics_Unit.html
Atoms and Periodic Table Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Atoms_Periodic_Table_of_Elements_Unit.html
Life Science Units Extended Tour Link and Curriculum Guide
Human Body / Health Topics
http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Human_Body_Systems_and_Health_Topics_Unit.html
DNA and Genetics Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/DNA_Genetics_Unit.html
Cell Biology Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Cellular_Biology_Unit.html
Infectious Diseases Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Infectious_Diseases_Unit.html
Taxonomy and Classification Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Taxonomy_Classification_Unit.html
Evolution / Natural Selection Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Evolution_Natural_Selection_Unit.html
Botany Topics Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Plant_Botany_Unit.html
Ecology Feeding Levels Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Ecology_Feeding_Levels_Unit.htm
Ecology Interactions Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Ecology_Interactions_Unit.html
Ecology Abiotic Factors Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Ecology_Abiotic_Factors_Unit.html

363. • More Units Available at…
Earth Science: The Soil Science and Glaciers Unit, The Geology Topics
Unit, The Astronomy Topics Unit, The Weather and Climate Unit, and The
Rivers and Water Quality Unit, The Water Molecule Unit.
Physical Science: The Laws of Motion and Machines Unit, The Atoms
and Periodic Table Unit, The Energy and the Environment Unit, and
Science Skills Unit.
Life Science: The Diseases and Cells Unit, The DNA and Genetics Unit,
The Life Topics Unit, The Plant Unit, The Taxonomy and Classification
Unit, Ecology: Feeding Levels Unit, Ecology: Interactions Unit, Ecology:
Abiotic Factors, The Evolution and Natural Selection Unit and The Human
Body Systems and Health Topics Unit
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364. • The entire four year curriculum can be found at...
http://sciencepowerpoint.com/ Please feel free to
contact me with any questions you may have.
Thank you for your interest in this curriculum.
Sincerely,
Ryan Murphy M.Ed
www.sciencepowerpoint@gmail.com

365. http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Website Link: