Relative Dating Absolute Dating Earth's History Part 1 The Nebular Hypothesis Earth's History Part 2
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Layers in rock
What are strata?
100
They become inert (non-radioactive)
What happens to radioactive elements when they decay?
100
Eons
What are the largest divisions of geologic time?
100
Nebula
What is the term for a cloud of dust & gas where stars are born?
100
4.5 billion years
About how old to scientists think the Earth is?
200
On the bottom
In a sequence of layers, where are the oldest ones?
200
5 grams
If you have 10 grams of carbon-14, how much will still be radioactive after 1 half-life?
200
Hadean
During which eon did the following occur: formation of the Moon, Earth stratifying, and Earth’s crust forming?
200
The Sun
Nuclear fusion caused what object to be born at the center of our solar system?
200
Volcanic outgassing, or comets
What is 1 place Earth's water may have come from?
300
The intrusion
What is newer, a sedimentary layer, or an intrusion that cuts through it?
300
3:1
If you have 19.3 grams of a radioactive substance, what will be the ratio of inert material to radioactive material after 2 half-lives?
300
Complex multicellular life
What separates the Phanerozoic Eon from the previous eons?
300
Material sticking together and getting increasingly bigger
Accretion caused the planets to form. What is accretion?
300
Too close to measure
On your timelines, about how far from the "now" line does human history start?
400
Index fossil
What do you call a fossil that lets you identify the age of a rock layer?
400
4 half lives
If there is 16 grams of radioactive material in a sample, how long will it take until only 1 gram is still radioactive?
400
Cyanobacteria doing photosynthesis
During the Proterozoic Eon, why did the Earth’s atmosphere begin to fill with oxygen?
400
It is very dense
Most of the iron in the Earth ended up in the core. Why?
400
3-5 million years (Lucy and Ardi)
About how long ago did the first hominids show up?
500
Key bed
What is the term for a widespread, easily recognizable rock layer that allows matching formations in distant locations?
500
17.190 years
If a fossil has a 7:1 ratio of nitrogen-14 to carbon-14, how many years old is it? (1 half-life of C-14 is 5,730 years.)
500
Mass extinctions
What separates the eras of the eras of the Phanerozoic eon?
500
The Heavy Bombardment
Earth's gravity swept up a lot of debris early in its history. What is this period of time called, when all this stuff was pummeling Earth?
500
Keeps the solar winds from destroying our atmosphere
Earth's iron core generates our magnetic field. Why is our magnetic field important?






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