Geology


 

What did you do in the lab today?

In lab we discussed geological time and when things came about in the earth such as land animals, plants, and dinosaurs. We got to explore a website called Earthviewer which shows different events that happened throughout time. After we explored we made a timeline in the classroom. Seeing how close together some things are compared to when the Big Bang happened was crazy. The extinction of dinosaurs and the beginning of human life were centimeters away on the scale of time.

What was the big question?

What is geological time and how does it work? 

What did you learn in Thursday’s discussion?

N/A we had a test

Answer questions about the weekly textbook reading:

      What did you learn?

      I learned about the continental drift. While I do know what it is I did not know much about it so I learned that the continents drifted due to the plate tectonics theory. 

      What was most helpful?

      The most helpful part of the textbook was the key takeaway box that had the timeline of the history of Earth. 

      What do you need more information on?

      Something I would like more information on is plate tectonics.       

What questions/concerns/comments do you have?

Is there a chance that there was life on Earth during the snowball Earth that we may not know about because it was killed or destroyed during the volcano eruptions? 

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