Total Extinction Rate (families per million years) 0 20 15 10 25 When Paleozoic Mesozoic Cenozoic E 0 S Ꭰ C P Tr J C P N 542 488 444 416 359 299 251 200 145 65.5 23.5 0 Time (millions of years ago) 1. What are the names of the three eras identified on the x-axis in Model 1? Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic. 2. To what does the y-axis on the graph in Model 1 refer? (Include the unit of this variable.) It refers to how many biological families are extinct in an individual time, here being per million years. 3. According to Model 1, approximately how long did each of these eras last? a. Paleozoic: 291 million years b. Mesozoic: 185.5 million years Cenozoic 65.5 million years. Mass Extinctions 1 4. The letters below each era refer to discrete time periods that are listed in the table below. Com- plete the columns to indicate the approximate length of time each period lasted. Length of time (in millions of years) Era Paleozoic Period Edicaran Ordovician Silurian Devonian Carboniferous Permian Mesozoic Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous Cenozoic Paleogene Neogene

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Total Extinction Rate (families per million years)
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20
15
10
25
When
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
E
0
S
Ꭰ
C
P
Tr J
C
P
N
542
488
444 416
359 299
251
200
145
65.5
23.5 0
Time (millions of years ago)
1. What are the names of the three eras identified on the x-axis in Model 1?
Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic.
2. To what does the y-axis on the graph in Model 1 refer? (Include the unit of this variable.)
It refers to how many biological families are extinct in
an individual time, here being per million years.
3. According to Model 1, approximately how long did each of these eras last?
a. Paleozoic: 291 million years
b. Mesozoic: 185.5 million years
Cenozoic 65.5 million years.
Mass Extinctions
1
4. The letters below each era refer to discrete time periods that are listed in the table below. Com-
plete the columns to indicate the approximate length of time each period lasted.
Length of time (in millions of years)
Era
Paleozoic
Period
Edicaran
Ordovician
Silurian
Devonian
Carboniferous
Permian
Mesozoic
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Cenozoic
Paleogene
Neogene
Transcribed Image Text:Total Extinction Rate (families per million years) 0 20 15 10 25 When Paleozoic Mesozoic Cenozoic E 0 S Ꭰ C P Tr J C P N 542 488 444 416 359 299 251 200 145 65.5 23.5 0 Time (millions of years ago) 1. What are the names of the three eras identified on the x-axis in Model 1? Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic. 2. To what does the y-axis on the graph in Model 1 refer? (Include the unit of this variable.) It refers to how many biological families are extinct in an individual time, here being per million years. 3. According to Model 1, approximately how long did each of these eras last? a. Paleozoic: 291 million years b. Mesozoic: 185.5 million years Cenozoic 65.5 million years. Mass Extinctions 1 4. The letters below each era refer to discrete time periods that are listed in the table below. Com- plete the columns to indicate the approximate length of time each period lasted. Length of time (in millions of years) Era Paleozoic Period Edicaran Ordovician Silurian Devonian Carboniferous Permian Mesozoic Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous Cenozoic Paleogene Neogene
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