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Unit 2 Vocabulary
Earth's Timeline
How the Earth was made?
Evidence of Earth's Age
100
When you would need a best fit line.
What is when the data shows a linear trend
100
This is known as the water portion of the Earth.
What is the Hydrosphere
100
This is the length of the Precambrian Era.
What is 544 million years
100
This is where some scientists think Earth’s water came from
What is outer space and meteorites
100
This is what Ussher claimed the age of the Earth was.
What is 6,007 years old
200
The process of making decisions and assumptions about the gathered data; educated guess
What is an inference
200
This is know as the gaseous envelope around the Earth.
What is the Atmosphere
200
This is the Era in which Pangea formed.
What is the Paleozoic Era
200
What is specifically believed to be the primary cause of crustal movement?
What is the fact that the ocean floors are constantly being destroyed and recreated
200
This scientist used the amount of evolution in marine fossils to discover the Earth's Age.
What is Lyell
300
The number of late assignments allowed per semester.
What is one late assignment
300
This is the study of the universe.
What is Astronomy
300
This is when the Paleozoic Era began.
What is 544 million years ago
300
This is over a lifetime, how far apart the continental plates will plates move
What is 6 feet
300
This what Lord Kelvin discovered about Early Earth.
What is that the Earth cooled from a molten state
400
The explanation for why your evidence supports your claim.
What is Reasoning
400
This is the dense, heavy inner sphere of the Earth
What is the core
400
This is the length of the Mesozoic Era.
What is 66 million years
400
These are the 2 theories that explain why dinosaurs were wiped from Earth.
What is 1. An asteroid crashed into Mexico and 2. Worldwide Volcanic Eruptions
400
This is the science of determining the ages of rocks.
What is Geochronology
500
The five things you must do when you return from an absence.
What is 1.Clear your absence 2. Talk with Ms. Johnson 3. Talk to your group members 4. Check the yellow folder 5. Turn in DUE assignments
500
This is the study of physical matter and the historical makeup of the Earth.
What is Geology
500
This is when Humans appeared in the Cenozoic Period.
What is 1.8 million years ago
500
This is what could happen if Earth’s Tectonic Plates stop moving.
What is the planet will "die" much like Mars
500
During this era the atmosphere formed.
What is the Precambrian Era