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EarthandLifeSci12 Q1 Mod6 Geologic Time Scale and Geohazards v3
EarthandLifeSci12 Q1 Mod6 Geologic Time Scale and Geohazards v3
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Lesson 1:
Geologic Time Scale ..............................................................................................
What I Need To Know : Objective ................................................................. 1
What’s New : Activity 1. THEN and NOW...................................................... 2
What is It: Introduction of Geologic Time Scale ........................................... 3
What’s More: Activity 2. MY OWN TIMELINE ............................................... 5
What is It: Geologic Time Scale Timeline ..................................................... 5
What’s More: Activity 3. WHAT’S THE ERA PHOTO QUIZ ......................... 6
What I Have Learned: Activity 4. SYNTHESIZING YOUR LEARNING …. . 7
What I Can Do
Activity 5. EARTH’S GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALE MAKING ........... 7
Lesson 2:
Geo-hazards ................................................................................................................
Introduction................................................................................................ ….9
Objective ................................................................................................... ….9
Activity 1. FIND ME ................................................................................. ……9
What Is It: Introduction to Geological Hazards ....................................... ….10
What’s More: Activity 2. GEO-HAZARDS CONCEPT MAP................... ….12
What Is It: Volcano, Landslide and Earthquake Hazards ………………….12
What’s More: Activity 3. GEO-PHENOMENA … ................................... …..14
Summary.............................................................................................................................. ….16
Assessment: (Post-Test) ..................................................................................................... ….17
Key to Answers……………………………………………………………………………………...18
References…………………………………………………………………………………………..19
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What This Module is About
This m odule talks about how the history of Earth can be interpreted from the
Geologic Tim e Scale and common Geological Hazards. Earth is a fascinating planet
inhabited by thousands of organisms of different species. Its changes are interesting
especially those that are not witnessed by hum ans and remained unrecorded. By
understanding the history of Earth and the different processes it undergoes, we
would be able to relate the changes that happened from the past to m odern days
and pay attention to whatever hazards will come. Geologists continue to conduct
more studies to give answers and prove what happened to Earth as m any years
went by.
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What I Need to Know
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Icons of this Module
What’s More These are follow -up activities that are in-
tended for you to practice further in order to
master the competencies.
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What I Know
Pre-assessment
Directions: Read the item s carefully. Mark if the statem ent is correct and x if it is
wrong.
______ 1. Phanerozoic is divided into two eras.
______ 2. Transform ation of Earth happened during Precam brian Eon.
______ 3. Geologists separate tim e periods by identifying the fossils that have been
preserved.
______4. Am phibians are the anim als that dom inated during Paleozoic Era.
______5. Eons have duration hundreds of m illions of years.
______6. Geologists divided the history of Earth into intervals of tim e that are
unequal in length.
______7. Geologic Tim e Scale only describes the evolution of Earth.
______8. RA 11121 is also known as Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and
Managem ent Act.
______9. Landslide m ay be triggered by an earthquake.
_____ 10. Seismographs can only detect earthquakes that are felt.
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Lesson Geologic Time Scale
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What I Need to Know
Whenever we say the word a long tim e, it m akes us think about the overlong
length of years. Even a m illion years are already an extraordinary length of tim e that
seems to be very unthinkable. Earth is a hom e of m any living things. Its age is
estim ated to be 4.6 billion years.
Within those years, changes happened that seemed to be unnoticed. Som e
scientists studied the past of Earth. To find answers to m any questions, they kept on
looking for shreds of evidence. Their study paved the way for knowledge on the
significant events of the Earth and how long it took place. Can you im agine how
volcanoes and m ountains form ed? How the different gases are trapped in our
atm osphere? How dinosaurs just disappear? These are some of the questions we
keep on asking ourselves.
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At the end of this lesson, you are expected to:
1. Describe how the Earth’s history can be interpreted from the geologic tim e scale.
2. Identify the subdivisions of Geologic Tim e.
What’s New
Objective: Illustrate and com pare how the early Earth is different from today.
Materials:
Bond Paper and Pencil.
Procedure:
1. In a short bond paper, draw a vertical line at the center from the top to
bottom which separates the right and left side of the paper.
2. Draw an illustration of early Earth on the left side of the paper and the Earth
today on the right side.
3. Add im portant events on the drawing.
4. See the difference.
Guide Questions:
1. What is the difference of Earth today from the early Earth?
2. How did the environm ent of Earth develop over a period of tim e?
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What is It
Performing the first activity m akes you imagine and look back at the history of
the Earth from the beginning to the present. As if you are watching a m ovie that
shows pictures on how Earth looked like billion years ago. Fast-forwarding, you see
so m any extraordinary changes. In the beginning, there was no life on Earth. As
many years went by, living things existed, grew, flourished, and even contributed to
m ore changes in our planet.
Geologic Tim e requires an understanding of the Laws of Nature. It m eans that
how things work today is the sam e as they were before. It never changed. The
discovery of fossils or rocks is very helpful to scientists because it can be used as an
instrum ent to interpret the past. The different clues helped the scientists understand
that Earth has unique features. The place where we live right now probably looked
different before. And it is expected that it will no longer be the sam e in the future to
com e. There were a lot of attem pts to form a Geologic Tim e Scale that can be
applied in any place on Earth. But the detailed studies of rocks and fossils conducted
by scientists resulted in the order of geologic periods we used today. Scientists
divided the history of Earth into a chain of tim e intervals. These tim e intervals are
unequal in terms of num bers of days or hours and vary in length. The division of
Geologic Time is based on the significant events on Earth. The layers on the surface
of the Earth, from the recent origin down to the m ost ancient, m ade possible to split
Geological Tim e into Eons, Eras and Periods. These are the periods that divide the
history and evolution of Earth.
The concept m ap below sum m arizes the geological tim e scale.
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At present, the Geologic Tim e Scale is divided into big portions of tim e known
as EONS. Eons are further divided into ERAS. Eras are divided into PERIODS. The
Precam brian Eon is the point of tim e in which our planet started to form . During this
tim e, there was no form ation of any organism . What are evident are the abiotic
features of the earth. It represents more than 80 percent of the total records of
geologic time and supported with pieces of evidence found in rocks. During the
Phanerozoic Eon, living organisms like plants and animals existed. It constitutes the
tim e of m ulticellular life on Earth and the evolutionary process happened. This eon is
further divided into the Paleozoic Era, Mesozoic Era, Cenozoic Era. Significant
events of Earth are used to determ ine the boundaries of every Era.
What’s More
Guide Questions
1. What did you feel upon m aking your tim eline?
2. How did you m ake your own tim eline?
What is It
4.6 billion years is a massive am ount of tim e and irrational for people to
understand how many events happened during that time. Earth’s history in Geologic
Tim e Scale was described based on the layers on the surface of the Earth,
procedures in determ ining the fossils or rocks. Its division m arks significant events
like a change in environm ental conditions, life form s, atm osphere, and som e
geologic features of Earth.
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Below is the linear arrangement of the Geologic Tim e Scale that shows
relationships between tim e periods and tim e fram e.
Precambrian
4.6 billion
What’s More
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What I Can Do
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Lesson Geo-hazards
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What’s In
Early people believed that our planet is the center of the universe. They
thought that the entire surface of Earth is flat, and the gods are responsible for all
natural phenom ena. Now, we are living in a com petitive world because of the
advancem ent of technology. Everything changed from sim ple to com plex. People
polished their beliefs into knowledge based on observations in the environm ent and
scientific principles.
What’s New
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What’s More
What is It
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Volcanic eruptions can have an extrem e impact on the lives of organisms.
Water, land, or soil and air are affected. When people see that they are no longer
safe in the area, they are forced to leave their properties and belongings to be alive.
The following are the volcano hazards and its im pact:
1. Pyroclastic Flow and Surges
A m ixture of ash, rock fragm ents and gas materials that leave devastating
effects on the area in which they flow.
2. Ballistic Projectiles
These are rocks from an erupting volcano blasted into the air.
3. Lahar
It is a m udflow from a mixture of volcanic water and rock fragm ents. It m oves
down the slopes of the volcano into the surrounding area and destroying everything
on its way.
4. Volcanic Gases
Gases present in toxic am ount trapped in cavities in volcanic rocks dissolved
in m agma or lava or through groundwater and is heated by volcanic activity.
5. Ash Falls
These are ashes produced during a volcanic eruption. It can destroy
vegetation, m alfunctions engine, collapse roofs, and endanger health of people.
Ashfall continues even after the explosion and can affect the neighboring areas.
6. Tsunam is
These are substantial sea waves that occur when an underwater volcano
erupts. Its wave height could be higher than 5 m eters. It can cause the death of
hum ans, animals, and destruction of infrastructures or properties when it hits
offshore.
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What’s More
Procedure:
1. Watch the video carefully and answer the following questions on a one
whole sheet of paper.
Guide Question 1: What are the Geological Events you observed from the video
clip?
Guide Question 2: What causes the said Geological events to happen?
Guide Question 3: How can you reduce the risk of the said Geological events?
1. 2.
3. 4.
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What I Can Do
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Sum mary:
Geo - hazards
Earthquake is a shaking of the ground due to the released energy that form s
seismic waves.
Geological hazard is a geological and environm ental process. It includes
earthquakes, landslides, and volcanic eruptions.
Landslide is a geological hazard that includes m ovem ent of any debris, m asses
of rock, or soil down a slope
Seismograph is an instrum ent use to detect an earthquake.
Volcanic Eruption happens when hot m olten m aterials are thrown out from the
m outh of a volcano.
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Post Test
A. Geologic Time Scale
1. How m any eras does Phanerozoic eon have?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
2. Which of the following happened during the Precam brian Eon?
a. Rise of am phibians. b. Flowering plants dom inate the land.
c. Form ation of Earth. d. Marine anim als flourish the seawater.
3. What anim als dominated during Paleozoic Era?
a. Fish b. Dinosaur c. Birds d. Prim ates
4. Which am ong the following best describes the Cenozoic Era?
a. Age of Reptiles b. of Age Am phibians c. Age of Man d. Age of Fish
5. In what era is there m ass extinction?
a. Paleozoic Era b. Mesozoic Era c. Cenozoic Era d. Protozoic Era
6. Approxim ately, what is the age of Earth according to the records?
a. 2 billion years old b. 3.6 billion years old
c. 4.6 billion years old d. 6 billion years old
7.What is the longest portion of the geologic tim e?
a. Eon b. Era c. Period d. Epoch
8. Which is not a period under the Paleozoic Era?
a. Devonian b. Carboniferous c. Perm ian d. Tertiary
9. Which is the m ost dom inant organisms during the Mesozoic era?
a. Hum ans b. Dinosaur c. Birds d. Prim ates
10. In what period of the Paleozoic era did jawed fish first appeared?
a. Cam brian b. Silurian c. Devonian d. Perm ian
B. Geo - hazards
11. What do you call a m udflow form ed from a m ixture of volcanic water and rock
fragm ents?
a. Pyroclastic Material b. Lahar c. Lava d. Volcanic Bom bs
12. What happens when groundwater is m ixed with ground soil m aking the soil less
stable?
a. Liquefaction b. Lava c. Ground subsidence d. Landslides
13. Which am ong these is a m ixture of ash, rock fragm ents and gas that m ove fast
and m ade up of hot m aterials that leave devastating effects on the area in which
they flow?
a. Ballistic projectile b. Pyroclastic Flow and surges
c. Volcanic bom bs d. Lahar
14. Which am ong these are rocks from an erupting volcano blasted into the air?
a. Ashfall b. Lahar c. Pyroclastic Material d. Ballistic projectile
15. Which of the following is a potential hazard of landslide?
a. falling rocks b. m udflow c. ground breaking d. falling debris
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Key to Answers
Geo-hazards
Activity 1. FIND ME.
1. Geologic 8. Mudflow
2. Hazard 9. Phenom ena
3. Landslides 10. Erosion
4. Earthquake 11. Lahar
5. Volcano 12. Ash fall
6. Geologist 13. Pyroclastic
7. Eruption
Post-test
1. b 6. c 11. b
2. b 7. a 12. a
3. a 8. d 13. b
4. c 9. b 14. d
5. b 10. b 15. c
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