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Geologic Timeline Worksheet

The document provides a structured analysis of the geologic timeline, guiding users to fill in a time scale diagram and answer related questions about major eras, periods, and the existence of dinosaurs. It includes prompts for understanding the relationships between geological time intervals and the history of life on Earth. Additionally, it encourages calculations regarding the duration of various life forms and their significance in Earth's history.

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Geologic Timeline Worksheet

The document provides a structured analysis of the geologic timeline, guiding users to fill in a time scale diagram and answer related questions about major eras, periods, and the existence of dinosaurs. It includes prompts for understanding the relationships between geological time intervals and the history of life on Earth. Additionally, it encourages calculations regarding the duration of various life forms and their significance in Earth's history.

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Name: Period: Date:

Geologic Timeline Analysis


Directions: Begin by filling in the blank boxes on the time scale diagram on the right,
using the diagram on p. 138. Then, answer the following questions, referring to your
timeline, green textbook (p. 136 – 141).
1) Look at the three major eras shaded on your timeline. What larger time interval
do all three of these eras fit into?

2) Place the following terms in order from smallest to largest: period; epoch; eon; era

3) During what three periods did the dinosaurs exist?

4) The first three eons (from the beginning of the earth’s formation) are all lumped
into one general category called .

5) How much time has gone by since the extinction of the dinosaurs?

6) If the first dinosaurs existed around 230 million years ago, for about how many This whole section is
years in total did dinosaurs rule the earth? referred to as:

7) The dinosaurs were around for times the number of years as hominids
have been. (*HINT: Divide the dinosaurs’ existence by that of hominids)

8) The Earth has been around for times the number of years as modern
humans (Homo sapiens).

9) How much time passed before the first life appeared on earth?

10) For what percentage of the earth’s existence have hominids existed?
(*HINT: Divide the two numbers and then multiply by 100)
Eras of Geologic Time:
Precambrian time: dates  Paleozoic Era: dates 
(Please note: Precambrian time is not technically an “era”)
 Meaning:
 Meaning:  Facts:
 Facts:

Mesozoic Era: dates  Cenozoic Era: dates 


 Meaning:  Meaning:
 Facts:  Facts:

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