Lesson 2: History of Earth's Organism Flashcards
540-485 million years ago
Cambrian Period
540-485 million years ago
What were some organisms mentioned in the Cambrian Period?
Trilobites and sponges
540-485 million years ago
What did organisms have during this time?
Organisms had hard body parts like shells and spines
440 million years ago
Ordovician-Silurian Extinction
It was the first mass extinction
Ordovician-Silurian Extinction
440 million years ago
What happened during the Ordovician-Silurian Extinction?
First mass extinction of organisms like trilobites, brachiopods, graptolites, bryzoans, and jawless fishes
420-350 million years ago
Emergence of trees and animals
420-350 million years ago
What changed in the planet?
Greeny ecosystem in the land mass of Earth.
250 million years ago
Pangaea
250 million years ago
What occured 250 million years ago?
Great Dying of Organisms
250 million years ago
What happened in the Great Dying of Organisms?
Greatest mass extinction due to greenhouse gases accelerated global warming
240-239 million years ago
Dinosaurs appeared
240-239 million years ago
How many years did dinosaurs rule the Earth?
150 million years
240-239 million years ago
What were some dinosaurs during this time?
Sauropod Argentinosaurus and T.rex
66 million years ago
Asteroid and New Mammals
66 million years ago
What did the asteroid do to the dinosaurs?
Asteroid wiped out all the dinosaurs
66 million years ago
How did the asteroid wipe out the dinosaurs?
There was so much debris in the atmosphere that it blocked out the sun which led to climate changes, causing the dinosaurs to die.
6 million years ago
Sahelanthropus
Believed to be the earliest known human that started walking the Earth
Sahelanthropus
How did the Sahelanthropus walk?
On four legs
4 million years ago
Human starts walking upright
1 million years ago
Humans develop tools, discover fire, and human interactions
800,000 discovered things which sparks and 15000 human-like went extinct