Era and Period
Analyze Fossil Records
100

The place where the first animals lived

What is ocean?

100

The age of a rock compared with ages of other rocks

What is Relative Age dating?

200

The massive supercontinent

What is Pangea?

200

The actual age of a rock

What is absolute age?

300

The longest lasting Era in Earth's history

What is Precambrian?

300

 The principle stating the youngest rock layer is at the top, and the oldest is at the bottom

What is superposition?

400

Knowing of the exact age of a fossil

What is Radioactive Dating?

400

A rock layer is missing between rock records

What is uncomformity?

500

About how old the Earth is

What is 4.6 Billion years

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