Lecture 9 Flashcards

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What was going on when angiosperms first appeared

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Break up of Pangea

  • Climate change and formation of new habitats
  • About 150 mya
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First Single Celled Organisms

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  • Stromatolites= Layered rocks of microbial mats
  • 3.5 billion years ago
  • Atmosphere contained mostly carbon dioxide, nitrogen and water vapor. Life existed only in oceans
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Stromatolites

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Layered Rocks of microbial mats

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