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What should you use so that the geologic time scale covering Earth's 4.6 billion year history can be drawn as a straight line on a poster board one meter high?
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What fraction of geological time have land plants been present on earth?
Approximately : land plants have been around for a half a billion years. The Earth for 4.5 billion years. So your answer is one ninth.
For which segment of the Earth's geologic history are fossils rarely found?
precambrian
Is it true Numerical age dates based on radioactivity are very important for studying Precambrian geologic history because fossils are rare or absent?
true?
What is The standard method used to divide Earth's long natural history into manageable parts?
Geologic time scale I'm in love with Danielle Carmona
Where was gold first found in California?
It is a deep earth mineral but because it remains in a constant chemical state it is most often found in areas with a pre-history of geologic upheavals.
How many years of earths history do geologists study?
4.6 billion years
What is the hadean era?
In geologic time, the Hadean is the first EONof Earth's history, from it's formation 4.57 billion years ago to about 4 billion years ago. The Hadean is not an era, which is a smaller subdivision of geologic time.
What is hadean era?
In geologic time, the Hadean is the first EONof Earth's history, from it's formation 4.57 billion years ago to about 4 billion years ago. The Hadean is not an era, which is a smaller subdivision of geologic time.
What is a gap in an area's geologic history called?
A gap in an area's geologic history is called an unconformity.
How many years of history do earth scientists study?
Geologic time covers the period from the formation of the Earth to the present, a period of roughly 4.6 billion years.
What is the first part of earth's geologic history called?
From the origin of the earth until the first eukaryotic cells appeared (4.6 billion year ago until 2.5 billion years ago) was called the Archaean Eon.
What is the geologic time scale a record of?
The history of the planet.A record of the geologic events and life forms the earth's history.
What does this information tell you about the geologic history of those areas?
Plant life could be used to interpret the geologic history of a location.
What are the first three eons that make up geologic history?
There are 4 Eons not 3, these are :Phanerozoic 540 million years ago to today.Proterozoic 2.5 billion to 540 million years agoArcheozoic 3.9 to 2.5 billion years agoHadean 4.6 to 3.9 billion years ago
What does geologic history mean?
A geologic record means something which is present in the Earth's surface between various layers of sediment. By determining which layer they are present in, geologists are able to understand the time period something was originally placed there.
How is geologic history divided?
Geologic history is divided, from largest amount of time to smallest amount of time, by eons, eras, periods, and epochs.
The record of life forms and geologic events in Earth's history is called?
the record of life forms and geologic events in earth's history is actually called the "Geologic time scale" fine sir. good day
