March 2012 By award winning Mr. Huppert. 1. What is a fossil? A fossil is the preserved remains or traces of living things Provides evidence of how life.
READING THE ROCK RECORD. relative time: events are in sequence, but no actual dates absolute time: identifies actual date of event.
Evolution
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE EARTH FORMED ALONG WITH THE SOLAR SYSTEM 4.6 BILLION YEARS AGO (4,600 MYA) GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE A SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR EVENTS.
Earth Processes and Rock Layers. Mountain Building Mountain building occurs when 2 continental plates of equal densities collide. – The plates crush together,
Chapter Menu Chapter Introduction Lesson 1Lesson 1Geologic Time Lesson 2Lesson 2Ancient Earth Lesson 3Lesson 3The Cambrian Explosion Chapter Wrap-Up.
Fossils
Dating Fossils 20Geologists%20will%20date%20any%20old%20thing%20-%20800w.jpg.
Deforming the Earth’s Crust
UNIT FIVE – Evolution Main Idea: How have species changed over time? (long periods of time) Darwin and Mechanisms of Evolution: The theory and why it.
The Relative Age of Rocks
