geological timescale

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longest subdivision; based on the abundance of certain fossils

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eons

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next to longest; marked by major changes in the fossil record

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eras

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based on types of life existing at the time

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period

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shortest subdivision; marked by differences in life forms and an vary from continent to continent

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epochs

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divides up the history of the earth based on life forms that have existed during specific times since the creation of the planet

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geologic time scale

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came up with the geological time scale

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nicholas steno

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remains or traces of an organism from the geologic past that has been preserved in sediment or rock

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fossils

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Eons, Eras, Epochs, and Periods are divisions known as?

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geochronologic units

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Named for exposures of Strata found in a type section in Wales by British Geologist Adam Sedgwick

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Cambrian

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named after significant outcrops first discovered near Devonshire, England

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Devonian

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Jurassic: Named for representative strata first seen in the Jura Mountains by German geologist _____ in ____

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Humboldt 1795

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age of mammals

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cenozoic

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age of reptiles

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mesozoic

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age of invertebrates

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paleozoic

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no life possible

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4600, precambrian (hadean, archean, and proterozoic ages)

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-SC near equator
-island arc move toward north america
-explosion of life
-phyla came into being
-oxygen levels rose enough to support life
-trilobites and brachiopods

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Paleozoic, Cambrian (540)

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-construction of south carolina
-extinction due to growth of ice caps
-first animals with bones
-dominant: marine
-corals and trilobites

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Paleozoic, Ordovician (490)

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-extensive erosion
-first land plants appear and land animals follow

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Paleozoic, Silurian (443)

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• Acadian Orogeny - SC
  metamorphism
  -dominant: fish
  -amphibians, evergreens, and ferns appear

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Paleozoic, Devonian (417)

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-much of north am is underwater
-first seed plants appear
-sea life fluorishes
-coral, brachiopods, blastoids, and bryozoa

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Paleozoic, Carboniferous, Mississippian (354)

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-great swamps develop (future coal deposits)
-reptiles develop from amphibians
-flying insects appear

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Paleozoic, Carboniferous, Pennysylvanian (320)

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-pangaea forms
-appalachians rise
-90% extinction including trilobites, blastoids, fish, and amphibians because of heavy volcanism in Siberia

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Permian (290)

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-pangaea begins to break apart
-rocky mountains and sierra nevada form
-first dinosaurs, mammals, crinoids, and modern echinoids appear

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Mesozoic, Triassic (248)

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Golden Age of Dinosaurs
First birds appear
western US: orogeny of rockies
NA continues to rotate away from africa

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Mesozoic, Jurassic (206)

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-mass extinction by a meteorite impact
-bye bye dinosaurs, ammonites, and 25% of marine life
-trex develops
-snakes, angiosperms, and first primates appear
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Mesozoic, Cretaceous (144)

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earthquakes common
cat sized horses
tropical plants dominate (yan ang tipo ko sa mga plants, dominant🥵🥵)

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Cenozoic, Tertiary, Paleocene (65.0)

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sea levels rise
grass spreads
diverse array of animals such as whales, rhinos, and elephants

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Cenozoic, Tertiary, Eocene (54.8)

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appalachians uplift
erosion increases
cats dogs apes

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Cenozoic, Tertiary, Oligocene (33.7)

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sandhills form
horses, mastadons, mammoths, tigers and camels live in south Carolina

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Cenozoic, Tertiary, Milocene (23.8)

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volcanic activity in NA and africa
grand canyon forms
hominids develop

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Cenozoic, Tertiary, Pliocene (5.3)

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ice sheets form
modern humans go brr
asians arrive

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Cenozoic, Quarternary, Pleistocene (1.8)

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beaches and barrier islands form
mastadons gone
human culture fluorishes
extinction

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cenozoic, quarternary, holocene (0.1)

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cenozoic, mesozoic, paleozoic, are considered as

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eras

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quarternary, tertiary, cretaceous, jurassic, triassic, permian and more

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periods

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holocene, pliocene chuchu

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epochs