For about how many years of geological time have the dinosours existed on earth?? Did dinosours exist at the same time as humans? How do scientists determine when an era begins and when it ends? What is the purpose of making a geological timeline

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  • For about how many years of geological time have the dinosours existed on earth??
  • Did dinosours exist at the same time as humans?
  • How do scientists determine when an era begins and when it ends?
  • What is the purpose of making a geological timeline
Activity 2: Let's Trace
GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE, 650 MILLION YEARS AGO TO THE PRESENT
|events
evolution of humans
period
era
Quaternary
1.8
Tertiary
mammals diversify
50
extinction of dinosaurs
first primates
100
Cretaceous
first flowering plants
first birds
150
Jurassic
dinosaurs diversify
200
first mammals
first dinosaurs
Triassic
250
major extinctions
reptiles diversify
first reptiles
scake trees
seed ferns
Permian
300
Pennsylvanian
Mississippian
350
first amphibians
Devonian
jawed fishes diversify
400
Silurian
first vascular land plants
450
sudden diversification of
metazoan families
Ordovician
500
first fishes
Cambrian
first chordates
550
first skeletal elements
600
first soft-bodied metazoans
first animal traces
650
Million of years ago
Late
Palezoic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
Proterozoic
Carboniferous
Transcribed Image Text:Activity 2: Let's Trace GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE, 650 MILLION YEARS AGO TO THE PRESENT |events evolution of humans period era Quaternary 1.8 Tertiary mammals diversify 50 extinction of dinosaurs first primates 100 Cretaceous first flowering plants first birds 150 Jurassic dinosaurs diversify 200 first mammals first dinosaurs Triassic 250 major extinctions reptiles diversify first reptiles scake trees seed ferns Permian 300 Pennsylvanian Mississippian 350 first amphibians Devonian jawed fishes diversify 400 Silurian first vascular land plants 450 sudden diversification of metazoan families Ordovician 500 first fishes Cambrian first chordates 550 first skeletal elements 600 first soft-bodied metazoans first animal traces 650 Million of years ago Late Palezoic Mesozoic Cenozoic Proterozoic Carboniferous
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