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    The Precambrian time period began with the formation of Earth roughly 4.6 billion years ago from a ball of dust, rock, and ice in space. During the early Precambrian Earth, the atmosphere contained hydrogen and helium and was too hot for liquid water, while later in the Precambrian the atmosphere contained carbon dioxide, water vapor, and nitrogen and oceans had formed. Life first emerged on Earth during the Precambrian in the form of single-celled organisms similar to bacteria.

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    The Precambrian time period began with the formation of Earth roughly 4.6 billion years ago from a ball of dust, rock, and ice in space. During the early Precambrian Earth, the atmosphere contained hydrogen and helium and was too hot for liquid water, while later in the Precambrian the atmosphere contained carbon dioxide, water vapor, and nitrogen and oceans had formed. Life first emerged on Earth during the Precambrian in the form of single-celled organisms similar to bacteria.

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    The Precambrian time period began with the formation of Earth roughly 4.6 billion years ago from a ball of dust, rock, and ice in space. During the early Precambrian Earth, the atmosphere contained hydrogen and helium and was too hot for liquid water, while later in the Precambrian the atmosphere contained carbon dioxide, water vapor, and nitrogen and oceans had formed. Life first emerged on Earth during the Precambrian in the form of single-celled organisms similar to bacteria.

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    Bellringer

    QUIETLY get INB


    Page 11 set up
    for C-Notes
    Did you see that, QUIETLY?!

    Precambrian Era
    544 million years ago-4.6 billion
    years ago

    It all started with a big


    bang!

    This era included 3 major periods:


    Hadean period (when the moon and
    earth were formed)
    Proterozoic period
    Archean period
    The Precambrian period covers 88% of Earths
    history!

    Early Earth
    The Precambrian Time began with the
    formation of earth!
    Roughly 4.6 billion years ago.
    Scientists believe the earth began as a
    ball of dust, rock, and ice in space.
    Gravity pulled the masses together
    and these materials stuck together.
    Kinetic energy changing into thermal
    energy caused the hot core
    temperatures.

    Precambrian Earth
    Feature

    Early Earth

    Later
    Precambrian
    Earth

    Atmosphere

    Hydrogen and
    helium. Eventually
    exploded and
    these particles
    blew away Earths
    first atmosphere.

    Carbon dioxide,
    water vapor, and
    nitrogen.
    Collisions with
    comets added
    other gases.

    Too hot for water


    to remain as
    liquid, so there
    were no oceans.

    As Earth cooled,
    water vapor
    condensed as rain
    and accumulated
    as oceans. These
    oceans absorbed
    carbon dioxide
    from the
    atmosphere.

    Oceans

    Continents

    Continents moved
    slowly over
    Earths surface
    because of forces
    inside earth. This

    As time has gone


    on, continental
    drift continued to
    slowly move.
    Only a few cm a

    Comet-Ball of
    dust and ice that
    orbits the sun.

    Continental driftcontinents
    slowly move
    over Earths
    surface.

    Continents during
    Precambrian Age

    5 Things to know about


    Precambrian

    1-Formation of Sun and light.


    2-Creation of the Earth
    3-Creation of the atmosphere through
    volcanic out-gassing
    4-Creation of the Oceans
    5-Creation of life

    Precambrian Life Forms


    Fossils found in rocks of Single-celled
    organisms from 3.5 billion years ago.
    These life forms were similar to
    present-day bacteria.
    2.5 billion years ago, organisms began
    using photosynthesis to get their
    energy from the sun.

    Protozoa
    Single celled eukaryotic animals
    Found in soil, freshwater, and oceans
    Smallest of all animals; mainly
    parasites
    amoeba, euglena and paramecium.

    Annelids
    Worms with cylindrical bodies
    Leeches and earthworms

    Other Precambrian Lifeforms


    Sea pens
    Cnidarians
    Yeast
    Sponges
    Corals
    Sea cucumbers
    Sea urchins
    Hydra
    Moss
    Stromatolites
    Girvanella
    Blue-green algae

    TOTD
    Tell me 10 things you
    learned about Precambrian
    time period todaywithout
    your notes!

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