Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Determining the Age of Rocks
Geologic Time Scale
Major Events in Earth's History
Ms. Mastellone
100
The number of years that have passed.
Absolute Age
100
Define Invertebrates
Animals without backbones
100
What are the two ways of describing the age of rocks.
Relative age and Absolute age
100
What are the three eras of the Geologic time scale?
Paleozoic era
Mesozoic era
Cenozoic era
100
What was the dominant land animal during the Jurassic Period?
Dinosaurs
100
How long has Ms. Mastellone been at Sunnymead Middle School?
2 years
200
Age compared to the ages of others.
Relative Age
200
Define Amphibian
Animals who live part of their life on land and part of their life in water.
200
Provide an example of Absolute age.
I am ______ years old.
He is _______ years old.
200
What events occurred during the Paleozoic era?
Organisms started getting more complex and Pangea formed.
200
The Devonian period was known as the “age of _____"
Fish
200
What is Ms. Mastellone's favorite color?
Black or Dark Green
300
A record of geologic events and the evolution of life forms shown in the rock and fossil records.
Geologic Time Scale
300
Define Mass extinction
A period of time when a large percentage of species die out.
300
Provide an example of Relative age.
I am Younger than _________, but older than _________.
300
Mammals evolved and became the dominant land animals and our continents moved to where we know them today.
Cenozoic era
300
What was the major event during the The Ordovician Period?
The first vertebrates evolved
300
How many pets does Ms. Mastellone have?
Double Points if you can name them.
2 cats
Jynx and Chomps
400
Rocks form in layers and layers on the bottom can be assumed to be older.
Law of Superposition
400
Define Era
Three long units of time from the end of the precambrian time to now.
400
Describe an Intrusion in rock layer. (Hint: look at your drawings)
When magma reaches the earth’s surface, it becomes lava. The lava cools and becomes igneous rock. The magma is able to get between layers of rocks.
400
What era did the Jurassic Period Take place?
Mesozoic era
400
During what period did the ice age occur?
Quaternary period
400
When is Ms. Mastellone's Birthday?
May 11
500
Gaps in the geological record.
Unconformity
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Define the term Period.
Three long units of time from the end of the precambrian time to now.
500
Which layer is the second oldest layer?
Layer B
500
Precambrian time- This covers the longest amount of time, from _____ years to ______ years ago.
4.6 billion and 541 million
500
Name one event that happened during the Carboniferous period
Animals who could lay amniote eggs began to evolve, these eggs had special fluids so they would not dry out.
Reptiles began to appear with scaly skin and could lay eggs.
Winged insects such as dragonflies and cockroaches evolved.
Cone-bearing plants, ferns and mosses formed swampy forests.
500
What video game is Ms. Mastellone currently playing?
Stray