Finding the Relative Age of Rocks Standard 8-2.6 – Infer the relative age of rocks and fossils from index fossils and the ordering of the rock layers.
Chap 27 evolution
Geology Unit Review. Charles Darwin suggested that organisms could change over time through what process? Natural selection.
© Boardworks Ltd 20091 of 7. © Boardworks Ltd 20092 of 7 What is a SCIENTIFIC THEORY? A scientific theory = a well-supported testable explanation of phenomena.
Two types of dating: Absolute Dating: Gives the exact age of a rock or a geologic event Ex. He was born on June 26 th, 1902 Dinosaurs went extinct.
Time. In 1650, James Usher, Anglican Archbishop of Armagh, published a treatise in which he calculated the time to creation to be nightfall on the day.
27-1 Chapter 27: Evolution of Life. 27-2 Evidence of Evolution Evolution is all the changes that have occurred in living things since life began. The.
Ch. 16: Evolution of Populations. Ch. 16: Outline 16-3: The Process of Speciation –Isolating Mechanisms –Testing Natural Selection in Nature –Speciation.
Sedimentology (ESCI 332) Clastics: Dr. John Anderson and TA Jason Francis ~ First 7 weeks of semester (minus 3) Me: Julia Smith Wellner; Room 203F, [email protected],
The History of Life on Earth
Ch 10 Ages of Rocks 10.2/10.3 10.2 Relative Ages of Rocks Principle of Superposition: states that in an undisturbed layer of rock, the oldest rocks are.
GLO 3 – Fossils There are 16 questions on this test: Fossil Evidence – Questions 1 – 8 Interpreting Fossils – Questions 9 – 16 Each slide is timed to change.
