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Lesson 5 Classwork - Earth's History

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Lesson 5 Classwork | History of the Earth

Answer the following questions about the history of the Earth using ESRT 8 and 9.

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Now turn your attention to the “Important Geologic Events in New York” column.

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For each index fossil pictured, fill in its eon, era, period, and epoch of existence

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Place in order from oldest (at the bottom) to youngest (at the top) that these organisms appeared in Earth’s history.

  1. Sharks

  2. Earliest Fish

  3. Insects

  4. Reptiles

  5. Mammals

  6. Large carnivorous mammals

  7. Humans

  8. Birds

  9. Flowering Plants

  10. Forests

  11. Grasses

  12. Dinosaurs

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What are the three eras of the Phanerozoic Eon?

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For which four consecutive geologic time periods is there a continuous rock record in NY State?

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During which epoch did humans first appear?

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How many years ago did humans appear?

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Name 3 specific organisms (from the lettered index fossil list on the bottom of the page) that lived during the Devonian Period.

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What are the three periods of the Mesozoic Era?

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During which three periods did the dinosaurs live?

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About how many years ago did the first insects appear (you can give a range)?

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About how many years ago is the estimated origin of the Earth and Solar System?

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How old are the oldest known rocks?

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From which eon are the oldest known rocks thought to be from?

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How many years ago did the dinosaurs go extinct?

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During which eon did the first multicellular, soft-bodied marine organisms evolve?

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How many millions of years ago did the trilobites go extinct?

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What important geologic event took place during the Triassic Period?

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During which period was the Acadian Orogeny?

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How many years ago was the Alleghenian Orogeny (you can give a range)?

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List the names of the following index fossils in order from oldest (TOP) to youngest (BOTTOM).

  1. Mastodont

  2. Valcouroceras

  3. Tetragraptus

  4. Cooksonia

  5. Elliptocephala

  6. Cystiphyllum

This is Admiral Fluffington. He will be the test subject for our time machine to the past. We will be sending Admiral Fluffington to various times in Earth’s history and using data from the online resource linked below, determine what he would see, feel, and if he could survive. Choose a destination from the list below and for each of his stops in the past, we will drop him off on dry land as he is in fact, a terrestrial animal. Furthermore, use ESRT 8 and 9 to answer the questions below.

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Time Period Choices

Hadean

Late Archean/Early Proterozoic

Rodinia

Snowball Earth

Cambrian

Jurassic

Pleistocene

The Future

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What would Admiral Fluffington see?

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What would Admiral Fluffington feel?

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What would Admiral Fluffington be able to survive?

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What adaptations would enable Admiral Fluffington to survive this environment?