1. For how long has there been life on Earth? 2. For what percentage of time has life existed on Earth (round to the nearest whole number)? 3. For about how many years of geological time have humans existed on Earth? 4. For about how many years of geological time have the dinosaurs existed on Earth?
1. For how long has there been life on Earth? 2. For what percentage of time has life existed on Earth (round to the nearest whole number)? 3. For about how many years of geological time have humans existed on Earth? 4. For about how many years of geological time have the dinosaurs existed on Earth?
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Transcribed Image Text:1. For how long has there been life on Earth?
2. For what percentage of time has life existed on Earth (round to the nearest whole
number)?
3. For about how many years of geological time have humans existed on Earth?
4. For about how many years of geological time have the dinosaurs existed on Earth?
5. Did dinosaurs exist at the same time as humans?
6. How do scientists determine when an era begins and when it ends?
7. What is the purpose of making a geological timeline?

Transcribed Image Text:Geologic time scale, 650 million years ago to the present
era
period
events
Quaternary
evolution of humans
2.6
Neogene
mammals diversify
50
Paleogene
extinction of dinosaurs
100
first primates
Cretaceous
first flowering plants
150
first birds
Jurassic
dinosaurs diversify
200
first mammals
Triassic
first dinosaurs
250
major extinctions
Permian
reptiles diversify
300
first reptiles
Pennsylvanian
scale trees
seed ferns
Mississippian
350
first amphibians
Devonian
jawed fishes diversify
400-
Silurian
first vascular land plants
450
sudden diversification
Ordovician
of metazoan families
500
first fishes
Cambrian
first chordates
550
first skeletal elements
first soft-bodied metazoans
first animal traces
600
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milions of years ago
Late Proterozoic
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