Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337408332
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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If you think of geologic time spans as minutes, life’s history might be plotted on a clock such as the one shown below. According to this clock, the most recent epoch started in the last 0.1 second before noon. Where does that put you?

Chapter 16, Problem 3CT, If you think of geologic time spans as minutes, lifes history might be plotted on a clock such as

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The scale of geologic time is difficult for anyone to comprehend, let alone a budding scientist. The Earth formed 4,600,000,000 (4.6 billion) years ago. To try to understand this time frame, that each second was equal to one year. There are 31,556,926 seconds in a year. How 1. let's say many years would it take you to count to 4.6 billion?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 29 27 28 30 330 29 29 30 Based on the given figure, answer the following questions (Note: BYA=Billion Years ago; MYA= Million years ago) The oldest eukaryote might be dated back to? Each day represents how many years? When did the first prokaryotic fossil exist? When did photosynthesis first emerged? The multicellular organisms appeared? ~1.5 BYA ~2.5 BYA ~10 BYA ~3.5 BYA ~150 MY ~50 MY ~1 MY ~4.5 MYA ~ 10 MYA ~1 BYA
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