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What is the name of the geologic period before the carboniferous?
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What is the name for the energy that was formed long ago in the carboniferous period?
It is fossil fuels.
Where do fosil fules come from?
There are three major forms of fossil fuels: coal, oil and natural gas. All three were formed many hundreds of millions of years ago before the time of the dinosaurs - hence the name fossil fuels. The age they were formed is called the Carboniferous Period. It was part of the Paleozoic Era. "Carboniferous" gets its name from carbon, the basic element in coal and other fossil fuels
What caused mass extinction during carboniferous period?
Carboniferous, comes from latin, and means "coal-bearing". Many beds of coal were laid down all over the world during this period, hence the name.
What is the name of doctrine that states the physical chemical and biological laws that operate today have also operated in the geologic past?
Uniformitarianism
Did the K-T extinction occur before or during the Tertiary period?
The Tertiary Period (65.5 to 2.588Ma) is the informal name for the geological period that followed the K-T extinction event. So the K-T event happened before the Tertiary. In fact "K-T" is actually short for Cretaceous-Tertiary as it marked the end of the Cretaceous and the start of the Tertiary.The lower tertiary is more formally known as the Paleogene Period(65.5 - 23.03 Ma) and the upper Tertiary is more formally known as the Neogene Period(23.03 - 2.588Ma).
Why is the Carboniferous period called the Carboniferous period?
Carboniferous means carbon bearing. Large coal deposits were laid down then, hence the name.
What is the name for the energy that was formed long ago in the carboniferous period?
It is fossil fuels.
Where do fosil fules come from?
There are three major forms of fossil fuels: coal, oil and natural gas. All three were formed many hundreds of millions of years ago before the time of the dinosaurs - hence the name fossil fuels. The age they were formed is called the Carboniferous Period. It was part of the Paleozoic Era. "Carboniferous" gets its name from carbon, the basic element in coal and other fossil fuels
What was the name of the Geologic time period that the T-rex lived in?
They all lived during the Cretaceous period.
What caused mass extinction during carboniferous period?
Carboniferous, comes from latin, and means "coal-bearing". Many beds of coal were laid down all over the world during this period, hence the name.
Where did the name Quartenary come from?
It continues up to the present time and is the period that we live in. The Quaternary Period is divided into two epochs :The Pleistocene Epoch - 1.8 million to 11,000 years agoThe Holocene Epoch - 11,000 years ago to presentEach epoch has unique characteristics for climate and geography, so the plants and animals that lived during those times are unique to each epoch, too.The Geologic Time Naming SystemIn the early 1800's a system for naming geologic time periods was devised using four periods of geologic time. They were named using Latin root words. In Latin, quatr means four. Early geologists chose the name Quaternary for the fourth period in this system. We no longer use this system of dividing geologic time, but the name, Quaternary, is still commonly used for the most recent period in geologic time.The system for naming the periods is constantly changing. As more information is collected, analyzed, and debated, the divisions created for looking at geologic time changes. The Quaternary Period is no longer an official geologic time period. This time is now considered part of the larger Neogene Period.
Name two geologic eras that occurred before the existence of the first man?
Examples: mesozoic, cenozoic, paleozoic.
Where does the carbonifeous period get its name?
Giant ferns and other plants formed vast swampy forests, the remains of those ancient plants formed thick deposits of sediment that changed into coal over millions of years giving carboniferous its name
How did the Ordovician period get its name?
The Cretaceous period got its name from the type of rock that was deposited along the northern shores of the Tethys seas at this periods time. This rock, formed from the metamorphosed deposits of the tiny limestone GH.LGUJLG of algae known as diatoms,is known as chalk.
Do you place a period before and after a persons last name initial?
no, capitalize the letter and put a period after it.
What is the name for the period of development before a baby is born?
GESTATION
What is the name for a period of development before a baby is born?
GESTATION
