Geologic Time Scale Worksheet Pdf. The geological time scale the ideas of superposition and evolution provide the basis of the geological time scale which was developed in a somewhat random fashion mostly in europe during the 19th century. 5 0 cenozoic age epoch age picks magnetic polarity period hist.
Because of rounding this is shown as midnight of the new year. Geologic time scale all of earth s geological history represented on a chronological time chart based on rock strata and the fossil record broken into different time chunks the largest being the eon then era period and epoch. Section 1 geologic history and the evolution of life 789 units in the geologic time scale eons are the longest units of geologic time earth s current eon the phanerozoic fan er oh zoh ihk eon began 542 million years ago mya.
It is based the fossil record discussed above.
Worksheet 1 the geologic time scale expected results answer the questions in the spaces provided. At this scale world war ii began about 0 4 second before midnight on december 31. Section 1 geologic history and the evolution of life 789 units in the geologic time scale eons are the longest units of geologic time earth s current eon the phanerozoic fan er oh zoh ihk eon began 542 million years ago mya. On the back of this sheet is a chart showing.
