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Chapter 30 Earths Past
Earths Past
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Geology
12th Grade
04/07/2014

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What is the Geologic time scale?
Definition
Earths past put into time periods
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Eon
Definition
Longest segment of geological time
Term
paleozoic ERA
Definition
started 543 mya
ended 251 mya
Age of the cockroaches
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mesozoic ERA
Definition
started 252 mya
ended 66 mya
age of the reptiles
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cenozoic ERA
Definition
started 65 mya
continues to present
age of the mammels
Term
current period and epoch
Definition
PERIOD- quaternary
EPOCH- the Pleistocene
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major fossil of the precambian
Definition
stromatilite
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six periods of paleozoic
Definition
cambrian
ordovician
silurian
devrian
carboniferous
permian
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major animals from cambrian
Definition
trilobite, brachiopd
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first terrestrial animal arrived in
Definition
silurian period
Term
devonian
Definition
age of fishes
Term
first forest
Definition
devanian
Term
first reptiles in
Definition
triassic
Term
greatest mass extinction
Definition
mesozoic crectaceous period
Term
first mammel
Definition
cenozoic
Term
when did pangea start to split
Definition
triassic
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when did flowering plants appear
Definition
cretaceous
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cenozoic divided into
Definition
paleogene and neogene
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cenozoic known as
Definition
rise of mammels
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