LEARNING ACTIVITY WORKSHEETS

Grade 11 – EARTH SCIENCE

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The Geologic Time Scale

Activity 1: Retell the History
Directions: Look at the picture below and learn how scientists uses rock and fossil
records to tell the history of the earth.

https://cdn.britannica.com/s:300x300/97/102397-004-78CEF6FA.jpg

Answer the following questions:

1. What kind of fossils are shown in the picture?
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2. How can scientists figure out the type of environment there was million years ago?
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3. How can scientists tell how life on earth has changed?
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Activity 2: Using the Geologic Time Scale

Directions: Study the illustration and answer the guide questions.

Images taken from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geological_time_spiral.png

Answer the following questions:

1. What is geologic time scale? Why is it important?

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2. Why is the geologic time scale used to show the history of the earth?
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Target Competency: Describe the history of the Earth through geologic time (S11ES-IIf-39).
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Activity 3: Revisiting the Past!

Directions: Use the geologic timeline in Module 6 to answer the questions below
1. A. What division has the longest period of geological
time?____________________________________________________________
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B. Approximately how long are these divisions? _________________________
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C. How many eons has the earth had? Name these eons___________________
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D. During which of these divisions has almost all the noticeable evolution of life
occurred?______________________________________________________
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E. Name the smaller divisions into which this eon has been divided ___________
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2. What events mark the end of one era and the beginning of the next? _________
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3. Describe changes that make the Cambrian period especially significant in the
evolution of life____________________________________________________
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4. What era do we live in 2020? ________________________________________

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Activity 4: Fill Me Out!

Directions: Fill out the chart showing the eras of Earth geologic time. List down events that
mark the division between eras.

ERA Transition Events Age

1. Why do you think that only the period of the Cenozoic era has been divided into epoch?
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2. What event mark the end of an era and the beginning of the next?
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Target Competency: Describe the history of the Earth through geologic time (S11ES-IIf-39).
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Activity 5: Cross-examining Rocks
Directions: Study the cross-section of rock layers Fill in the given table and answer the
guide questions

Image taken from https://cse.umn.edu/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/full/public/southwickandlusardi_1997_fig1.jpg?itok=1ViCGrpt

Answer the following questions:
1. What are Cambrian rocks?
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2. Why was the Cambrian period important?
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3. How significant are the Cambrian rocks in earth’s history?
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Activity 6: More on Observation!

Directions: Study the illustration and answer the guide questions.

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Target Competency: Describe the history of the Earth through geologic time (S11ES-IIf-39).
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Activity 7: Interpreting Time
Directions: The graph shows extinction occurrence in geologic time. Study the given
graph and answer the guide questions.

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Answer the following questions:
1.What causes mass extinction of species in the indicated period?
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2. Explain the effect of sudden decrease in population of reptiles at the end of
Cretaceous period?
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3. How do geologists define many boundaries between section of geologic time?

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4. How could controlling body temperature and bearing live young have helped
mammals survived the events that caused dinosaur extinction.
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Activity 8: Studying the Graph!

Directions: Study the illustration below and answer the guide questions on a separate
sheet.
1.At what age did the oxygen
concentration rose sharply?

2. How important is the rising oxygen

level to the explosion of animal diversity?

3. In Which period did plant first appear?

4. If massive diversity of species happens

in Cambrian, explain why and when did it
happen?

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Target Competency: Describe the history of the Earth through geologic time (S11ES-IIf-39).