Earth and Life Science

Learning Activity Sheets

Quarter 1- Week 6A

First Edition, 2021

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Development Team of the Learners’ Activity sheets

Writer: Jannyvel Magcanam Vista

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Author: Jannyvel M. Vista

School: Libertad National High School
Division: Agusan del Sur
Email Address: jannyvel.vista@deped.gov.ph
 WEEKLY LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS
Earth and Life Science, Quarter 1, Week 6A

GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE

Name: _____________________________________________ Section: ____________

Most Essential Learning Competency (MELC):

Describe how the earth’s history can be interpreted from the geologic time scale.
(S11/12ES -Ie-29).

Specific Objectives:
1. Identify the different divisions in the geologic time scale.
2. Track the Earth’s history using the geologic time scale.

Time Allotment: 2 Hours

KEY CONCEPTS
How did life evolve through the course of the history of Earth?
Using relative dating to determine which rocks and fossils are older was the first basis
of the geologic time scale. Then upon the discovery of radiometric dating, numerical dates of
the rocks were determined. Scientists have been analyzing rock samples gathered from different
continents in the world including its layers and its correlation with the fossils. They have
learned that even at different continents, the relative ages of sedimentary rocks and their
sequences are the same. This helps in relating the sequence of events in the Earth’s history
which is presented in the geologic time scale.
The geologic time scale provides a system
of chronologic measurement relating stratigraphy
to time that is used by geologists, paleontologists,
and other Earth scientists to describe the timing
and relationships between events that have
occurred during the history of the Earth. The
detailed studies made of rocks throughout the
world have allowed geologists to correlate rock
units globally, and break them into time units. The
result is the Geologic Time Scale, usually
presented in a chart-like form with the oldest event
and time unit at the bottom and the youngest at
the top.
Figure 1 represents the divisions of the
geologic time in Earth’s history. It is separated into
eons, periods, and epochs. The Earth’s age which
is 4.6 billion years was separated into different
period to handily indicate the events.

Figure 1 The divisions of geologic time scale

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Author: Jannyvel M. Vista

School: Libertad National High School
Division: Agusan del Sur
Email Address: jannyvel.vista@deped.gov.ph
DIVISION IN THE GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE

EONS
➢ are the longest portions in the geologic time

Precambrian Phanerozoic Eon

➢ It accounts for 88% ➢ It means visible life.

Earth’s history.
➢ It is subdivided into
➢ It is subdivided into three eras: Paleozoic, Mesozoic
eons: Hadean, Archean and and Cenozoic.
Proterozoic

Paleozoic Era
Hadean Eon
➢ It is the beginning of early
➢ Few rocks were deformed life.
and metamorphosed.
➢ All of the continents had
come together to form the
supercontinent called Pangea.

➢ It is characterized by rapid
development of terrestrial
plants.
Archaean Eon
➢ Devonian period is known as
➢ Marine rocks contain fossil
the age of fishes.
remains of microscopic algae
and bacteria
Mesozoic Era

➢ It is also known as the Age of

Dinosaurs.

Proterozoic Eon ➢ Pangea rifted into Laurasia

and Gondwanaland.
➢ rifting of the continental
crust
Cenozoic Era
➢ subsequent filling with
sedimentary and volcanic ➢ It is also known as the age of
rocks recent life or age of mammals.

➢ It has the most complete

record of any era because the
rocks are more accessible.

Author: Jannyvel M. Vista

School: Libertad National High School
Division: Agusan del Sur
Email Address: jannyvel.vista@deped.gov.ph
DIVISION OF THE CENOZOIC ERA

Cenozoic Era

➢ There are three periods in this era: Quaternary,

Paleogene and Neogene.

Paleogene Period Neogene Period

➢ Most Earth’s climate was ➢ It gives rise to early

tropical. primates.
➢ Continents drifted apart ➢ It consists of Miocene and
creating vast stretches of Pliocene Epochs
oceans ➢ It consists the
Paleocene, Eocene, and
Oligocene Epoch

Quaternary Period
➢ It is the most recent period.
➢ It is also termed Anthropogene period.
➢ It is divided into two epochs:
Pleistocene and Holocene.
➢ Holocene - when human civilization arose

Activities
Activity No. 1. Tell me, where do I belong?
Objective: Identify the different divisions in the geologic time scale.
What you need: pen, activity sheet
What to do: Identify the different divisions in the geologic time scale.

A. Match the description with the appropriate subdivision of the geologic time scale.
Write the letter of the term on the space provided.

Description Term
_____ Hadean, Archaean, and Proterozoic A. Paleozoic
_____ Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous B. Cenozoic
_____ Tertiary and Quaternary C. Precambrian
_____ Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, D. Mesozoic
and Permian

Author: Jannyvel M. Vista

School: Libertad National High School
Division: Agusan del Sur
Email Address: jannyvel.vista@deped.gov.ph