9 | What are the divisions that geologists have divided Earth’s history into? What are the principles used to interpret Earth’s rock record and describe the planet’s history? What is the difference between absolute and relative age and how are they determined? What type of geologic changes are associated with ice ages and extinction events? How are different types of fossils formed? What are the main types of unconformities? What were the characteristics of the early Earth? How do scientists think the Earth’s crust and continents formed? How do scientists think the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans formed? What does science tell us about the origin of life? What type of geologic landforms do we have in NC and how do they relate to NC geologic history? | 3.01: Assess evidence to interpret the order and impact of events in the geologic past: -relative and absolute dating techniques. -statistical models of radioactive decay -fossil evidence of past life -uniformitarianism -stratigraphic principles -divisions of geologic time -origin of the earth system -origin of life 3.02: Evaluate the geologic history of NC. | Chap. 21-24 | Earth’s Birthday activity (timeline) Geologic time activity (stratigraphy) Half-life activity | Eon Epoch Era Geologic time scale Period Correlation Cross-cutting ---relationships Superposition Unconformity Uniformitarianism Dendrochronology Half-life Key bed Radioactive decay Radiometric dating Varve Altered hard part Cast Evolution Fossil Index fossil Mold Original preservation Permineralization Pre-Cambrian Paleogeography Paleozoic Mesozoic Cenzoic |
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