How The Earth Formed
How big was the protoplanet that formed the Moon?
Roughly the size range of the Moon or Mars (2,159.1 - 4,212.3 miles in diameter)
What is underground lava called?
Magma
What did I call the timeline of the Earth?
A hierarchy or "Time Pyramid"
What does Paleontology mean?
The scientific study of ancient life
What do you call the combining and squeezing of atomic-sized particles in a hot core?
Fusion
What were the effects of the protoplanet that hit the Earth?
Earth's volcanoes and tectonic plates became wildly unstable
What are the names of the Triplet Eras?
Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic
What caused Pangea to deform?
Moving of the Tectonic plates
Exactly how old is the Earth?
4.57 billion years old
What were the first organisms on Earth after the volcanoes stopped?
Microscopic Fungi and underwater plants
What is the name of the lowest sub-category of the Earth's timeline?
An Epoch
What is the name of this animal: Mammuthus Primigenius?
Woolly Mammoth
According to the University of Chicago, how did the Earth form?
Gas, dust, and rocks surrounding the Sun that piled into a rotating disc
What is the hypothesis for how the oceans formed?
The non-stop volcanic eruptions released a ton of water vapor
What were the names of the Twin Eons?
Precambrian and Phanerozoic
What is the term for determining the age of an ancient object? (Hint: HALF-LIVES: Carbon 12 --> Carbon 14)
Carbon-Dating
What were 2 of some of the metals that piled and compressed into the core? And how long was it before these started piling up into the core?
Iron and Nickel/30-100 million years
6CO2 + 6H2O --> C6H12O6 + 6O2?
Photosynthesis (the process that helped form the atmosphere)
What is the name of EVERY epoch in the Cenozoic Era? (2x points if in order)
Palocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene
When did humans first emerge and where?
2 million years ago in Africa