Rock Record (T7): Analyze a diagram of the
geologic time scale.
The Anthropocene Working Group was convened by the stratigraphy commission in 2009 to sort out the definition of the Anthropocene and assess whether the time interval should be formally added to the
geologic time scale. Among its 35 members, the working group contains an international mix of geologists, climate scientists, archaeologists and other experts.
The authors advocate that students frequently lack fundamental numerical literacy on the order of millions or billions, and that this comprehension is critical to grasping key evolutionary concepts related to the
geologic time scale, the origin and diversification of life on earth, and other concepts such as the national debt, human population growth, etc.
Geologists have just added a new chapter to Earth's lengthy time line, called the
geologic time scale.
They discuss fossils in the western Catskills where the
geologic time scale is easily viewed at Kaaterskill Falls.
Ancient History (T5) Answer questions about a
geologic time scale.
And she thinks they may be no more than a few million years old--still fresh on a
geologic time scale."
The difference, according to Stein, is that the two sides of the San Andreas fault move past each other at a speed of about one and a half inches in a year - which is fast on a
geologic time scale.