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The building of mountains, the formation of continents, the movement of plates take millions of years. This makes familiar human time scales -- days, months, years, decades or even centuries and millennia -- meaningless. Understanding geology does not mean just knowing the current properties of the rocks and continents at this very point in time, but having to understand the processes that made the rocks and made the continents, which requires being able to grasp the millions of years these processes have taken.
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What word represents the broadest division on a geologic time scale?
Precambrian is the largest division of the geologic time scale.
In which eon of the geologic time scale means visable life?
Phanerozoic is the eon which geologic time scale means visable life.
The largerest division of time on the geologic time scale is?
Eon.
Which is not a major period of the geologic time scale?
Cenozoic is not a major period of the geologic time scale. The scale is broken down into eras. Cenozoic, Mesozoic and Paleozoic are all part of the Phanerozic era.
Which is the smallest division of time on the geologic scale?
Epoch
What kind of scientists worked with geologist to develope the geologic time scale?
biologists
What kind of scientists worked with geologist's to develop the geologic time scale?
biologists
What methods did geologist used when they first developed the geologic time scale?
The methods the geologists used when they first developed the geologic time scale. Were studying rock layers and index fossils worldwide. By Patrick
What information did geologist use to develope geologic time scale?
Radiometric dating and association of fossils with time scales during the periods when life existed.
What do the relative geologic time and absolute geologic time combine to form?
The geologic time scale.
What do you called the scale of time that records the events about the history of the earth?
Geologic Time. It's called the Geologic Time Scale.
What word represents the broadest division on a geologic time scale?
Precambrian is the largest division of the geologic time scale.
What unit of measurement would a geologist use for time?
Geologists measure geologic time in years.
In which eon of the geologic time scale means visable life?
Phanerozoic is the eon which geologic time scale means visable life.
What is a scientific time scale?
The scientific time scale is also called the Geologic time scale. It has been created to describe the order of major events on Earth for the last 4.5 billion years.
Why are volcanic ash deposits important to geologist?
they serve as good geologic time markers
Which is the largest of time on the geologic time scale?
The Precambrian
