RADIOACTIVE DECAY
WHAT IS THE AVERAGE ERROR YEARS THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH RADIOACTIVE DECAY DATING ?
2-10 MILLION YEARS
WHAT ERAS ARE IN THE PHANEROZOIC?
THE PALEOZOIC, THE MESOZOIC, AND THE CENOZOIC
WHAT IS THE RATE THAT PLATES MOVE PER YEAR?
1-6 CM PER YEAR OR 10-60 CM PER DECADE
WHAT THEORY WAS POPULAR BEFORE THE CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY?
LAND-BRIDGES
DID DARTH VADER DIE?
YEEEEEYEAAAYYYYYYYYEEAEAEA BASICALLY YES, HE DIED!!
WHEN AND HOW WERE THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO MEASURE ABSOLUTE GEOLOGIC TIME?
IT CAME IN 1896 DURING THE DISCOVERY OF RADIOACTIVE DECAY
HOW MANY EONS IS GEOLOGIC TIME DIVIDED INTO AND WHAT ARE THEY?
THERE ARE 2 EONS, THE PRECAMBRIAN EON AND THE PHANEROZOIC EON
WHAT IS A COMMON THEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS?
THE CRUST OF THE EARTH CONSISTS OF ABOUT 10 LARGE PLATES THAT MOVE/ DRIFT OVER THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH
HOW DOES SEA-LEVEL AFFECT MARINE ANIMALS?MUCH MARINE ANIMALS LIVE IN SHALLOW SEAS THAT BORDER THE CONTINENTS
MUCH MARINE ANIMALS LIVE IN SHALLOW SEAS THAT BORDER THE CONTINENTS
WHAT IS THE GOOGLE TRANSLATE HACK?
THE HACK IS TO CHANGE FROM SOMALI-ENGLISH AND TYPE IN CREEPY MESSAGES THAT YOU NEED TO FOLLOW A RULE THAT ATTRACTS SATAN/THE DEVIL
AS PARTICLES ARE LOST, WHAT HAPPENS?
NEW ISOTOPES OR DIFFERENT ELEMENTS ARE FORMED
WHAT IS THE SHORTENED VERSION FOR CALLING THE MISSISSIPPIAN AND THE PENNSYLVANIAN PERIODS?
THE CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD
HOW ARE RIDGES FORMED?
MOLTEN ROCK FROM BELOW THE CRUST FLOWS UP TO FILL THE SPACE BETWEEN THE PLATES
IS SEA-LEVEL CONSTANT?
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IS MR. G A GOOD TEACHER A GOOD TEACHER?
YES?!?!?!?!?!
HOW DO ELEMENTS “DECAY”?
IT WILL BE BY LOSING PARTICLES FROM THEIR ATOMIC NUCLEI GIVING OFF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN THE PROCESS
WHAT ARE THE PERIODS IN THE PALEOZOIC, MESOZOIC, AND THE CENOZOIC ERAS?
CAMBRIAN, ORDOVICIAN, SILURIAN, DEVONIAN, MISSISSIPPIAN, PENNSYLVANIAN, PERMIAN, TRIASSIC, JURASSIC, CRETACEOUS, TERTIARY, QUATERNARY
HOW IS NEW MAGMA CREATED?
WHEN SUBDUCTION OCCURS, THE EDGE OF THE PLATE + ALL OF THE SEDIMENTS ARE MELTED AND RISES UP TO FORM MAGMA THAT ERUPTS FROM VOLCANOES, THUS, CRUST IS OFTEN RECYCLED
DID SEA-LEVEL CHANGE AT A STEADY RATE OF CHANGE DURING THE PHANEROZOIC EON?
NO BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN LONG TERM TRENDS AS WELL AS SUDDEN SEVERE DROP IN SEA-LEVEL
WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN ELEMENT THAT REVEALS THE AGE, IN ABSOLUTE TIME OF THE CRYSTAL?
URANIUM
WHERE DOES RADIOACTIVE DECAY OCCUR AND WHY?
RADIOACTIVE DECAY OCCURS IN ROCK CRYSTALS AND CRYSTALS HAVE A CONSTANT AND PREDICTABLE PROPORTION OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS IN THEM WHEN THEY FORM.
WHAT ARE THE EPOCHS OF THE PHANEROZOIC?
EOCENE, OLIGOCENE, MIOCENE, PLIOCENE, PALEOCENE, PLEISTOCENE, HOLOCENE
HOW IS PLATE TECTONICS CONNECTED TO THE HISTORY OF LIFE?
PLATE TECTONICS COUNT FOR THE MOVEMENT OF ONE SPECIES TO ANOTHER CONTINENT. IT ALSO EXPLAINS WHY ROCKS OF THE SAME AGE AND OF VERY SIMILAR COMPOSITION HAVE VERY DIFFERENT FOSSIL MAKEUP
WHAT IS A BRACHIOPOD? (THIS IS AT 500 BECAUSE NOBODY PAYS ATTENTION TO IT)
MARINE ANIMALS THAT OCCUPY A VARIETY OF SEABED HABITATS
WHO IS THE OWNER OF THANOS CAR?
MR. STARK (HENCE SATAN)