Precambrian Supereon
This eon occurred 4.6 - 4 billion years ago
What is the Hadean Eon?
This occurred 541 million years ago
What is the Cambrian explosion?
252 to 201 million years ago
What is the Triassic period?
Periods in the Cenozoic era are further split into this category
What are epochs?
methane and carbon dioxide
What are the main greenhouse gas contibutors?
Debris from this collision formed Earth’s Moon
What is the proto-Earth x Theia collision?
brachiopods, mollusks, corals, and other groups flourish
What is the Ordovician Period?
This species was abundant in the Triassic Period
What are Crocodiles?
Paleocene epoch, Eocene epoch & Oligocene epoch are part of this period
What is the Paleogene Period?
Deforestation and gas cars are examples of...
What are ways greenhouses gasses are emitted?
This eon is also known as the Cryptozoic Eon
What is the Proterozoic Eon?
Forests begin to form
What is the Devonian Period?
This term is known as naked - Seed
What is a gymnosperm?
The Ice age was an event occurring in this epoch
What is the Pilocene epoch?
The temperature has risen on average 1.42 degrees is this time?
How much did Earth's temperature rise between 1800s to now
The mitochondria and chloroplast were individual cells before getting swallowed
What is Endosymbiotic Theory?
95% of marine invertebrate species disappear
What is the great dying?
This period contains warm tropical greenhouse conditions
What is the Jurassic period
This epoch occurred between 2.6 million years ago to 10,000 years ago
What is the Pleistocene epoch?
What was recorded about the decade 2015-2025
What is the warmest decade ever recorded?
Plate tectonics forced the shield rock to collide and form something new
What is Rodinia?
ancestors of reptiles in the Carboniferous Period
What are early amniotes?
Mammals and angiosperms (flowering plants) appeared in this period
What is the Cretaceous Period?
Today were in this epoch
What is the Holocene epoch?
Intense drought and Polar ice melting
What are consequences of climate change?