Geological timeline Flashcards
How old is Earth?
4.6 billion years ago
What is the time of Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic called?
Precambrian
What is carbon essential for?
Carbon is essential for life on Earth
In what eon did fishes develop teeth and jaws?
In the phanerozoic eon
The Cretaceous- Paleogene Extinction Event happened at the end of which era?
At the end of Mesozoic era
What does the Pro in Proterozoic mean? and what does it mean
Pro means before. and it means Early life.
What does Paleozoic mean?
Old life
What does Mesozoic mean ?
Middle life
What does Cenozoic mean?
New life
At the end of which era did the Great Dying occur?
At the end of the Paleozoic era
What does Phanerozoic mean?
Visible life
What is the Great Dying?
The time in which most animals disappeared
It took how many years for the Earth to recover after the Great Dying
It took 1 million years for life to recover
How long ago was the Hadean eon?
4.6 - 4 billion years ago
How long ago was the Archean eon?
2.5-4 billion years ago