Evolution Flashcards
5 “Era’s” of Life
1) Primordial Era
2) Stelliferous Era
3) Degenerate Era
4) Black Hole Era
5) Dark Era
Which “era” do we live in
Stelliferous Era
Stelliferous Era
- stars rule the night
- 10^3 years old - expected to last another 1 trillion years
- main star (sun) expected to last another trillion years
2 Theories associated with the start of life
1) Big bang theory
2) Cosmic radiation theory (CRD)
1st Law of Thermodynamics
- matter cannot be created or destroyed
- What we had 13.8 billion years ago we still have now
Niche
organisms that live in an environment and are able to successfully reproduce
Adaptive Radiation
one species gets wiped out (astroid, volcano, etc.) which allows another species to flourish AND CREATE NEW SPECIES
Ex) homonids during dinosaur era
7 Main Periods
1) Ordivian period
2) Silunian period
3) Devonian period
4) Carboniferous period
5) Permian period
6) Triassic period
7) Crustacious period
Ordivian period
Photosynthesisers started moving out of the ocean
Silunian period
dominated by arthropods
Devonian period
- earth mainly composed of plants
- vertebrates became land dwellers
- major extinction
Carboniferous period
Amphibians starting to fill coastal niches
Permian period
Ancestors of humans
Extinction: Volcanos in Siberia
Triassic Period
Giant reptiles
Extinction: Volcanos/meteorite impact
Crustaceous period
What most people think of when they think of dinosaurs
Extinction: Astroid
Timeline of Earth’s formation
4.5Bya: Formation of planet earth
3.5Bya: Prokaryotes arrived
1.6Bya: Eukaryotes arrived
510Mya: Vertebrates appeared
420Mya: Land plants/coral reef produced
350Mya: Water vertebrates invade land
230Mya: Age of dinosaurs
65Mya: Meteor impact
45Mya: Modern day mammals appeared