Earth timeline
Roughly 1 billion years on the timeline.
What is an Eon
The study of the earths oceans
what is oceanography
The remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
What is a fossil
The study as a whole of the earth and the universe around it.
what is earth science
When parts of a once living thing gets turned to rock and preserved.
what is a fossil
The ____ period is missing from the Mesozoic era
Cretaceous, ... , Triassic
What is the Jurassic
The study of the universe beyond the earth
what is astronomy
The most likely parts of an animal to be fossilized.
What are bones or hard parts
The subsection of time on the earths geologic time scale that is based on the fossil record.
What is an Era
chemistry or math
Which Eon do we live in?
What is the Phanerozoic
The study of earths atmosphere
What is meteorology
A geologist looks at these layers and sees evidence of the past.
What are the rock layers
The process that replaces organic material with minerals and rocks over time.
The branch of science that allows people to predict and prepare for natural disasters such as hurricanes and volcanic eruptions.
What is earth science
The Era in which the dinosaurs lived
What is the Mesozoic
An area where biology and earth science are closely linked studying the relationship between living things and their environments.
What is Ecology
The study of the history of life on Earth as based on fossils.
what is paleontology
Advancements in this have helped scientists understand our planet as well as the universe around us.
what is technology
This is the part of the dinosaur in the article that was fossilized that isn't usually there.
The period in which mankind has reigned.
What is Quaternary
Gold prospector, rare gem hunter, and seismologist are all jobs that would study this field of earth science.
What is geology
The study of plant fossils.
what is paleobotany
Where a lot of our early explanations of earth science phenomena came from in ancient times.
Religion / mythology
What was the name of the dinosaur in the article?
Nodasaur