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Earth’s History • How the earth works. • How the earth has changed over time. • Earth timeline activity. • California geology.
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Earth’s History

• How the earth works.

• How the earth has changed over time.

• Earth timeline activity.

• California geology.

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Earth Structure

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How the Earth Works:Plate Tectonics

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The Earth’s Plates

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Themes for Today

• The earth is very old.

• The earth is always changing.

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Ages to Note

• 14 billion years - age of universe

• 4.5 billion years - age of earth

• 3.5 billion years - oldest know life on earth

• 544 million years - explosion of life

• 65 million years - dinosaur extinction

• 1.5 million years - first homo sapiens

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Geologic Time Scale

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Cambrian540 Ma

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Permian270 Ma

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Cretaceous 60 Ma

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Present

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North America: Plate Tectonics at Work

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Timeline Activity

• Divide into groups of 2.

• Collect 4.5m of adding tape.

• Using the worksheet provided, measure out each time.

• Note that each time is the time from the present, not the previous time.

• Have fun!!

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