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    Associate Level Material Geologic Time Worksheet Use the following table to compare ways of evaluating geologic time. Your description‚ similarities‚ and differences must each be at least 50 words. |Time Evaluation Method |Description |Advantages of this Method |Disadvantages of this Method | |Relative dating |Is a dating method by comparing |Quick and easy‚ uses current |No as accurate and can have | |

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    An artist’s reconstruction of Nyasasaurus‚ which is either the earliest known dinosaur or a close relative. Credit: Copyright Natural History Museum‚ London/Mark Witton Paleontologists think that they may have identified the earliest known dinosaur‚ which was no bigger than a Labrador retriever and lived 243 million years ago‚ during the Triassic Period. This is 10 million years earlier than the previously oldest known dinosaurs‚ and could change researchers’ views of how they evolved. The

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    Can scientific evidence prove there is a personal concerned‚ God outside the universe? Lee Strobel very early in his teenage years decided that based on the evolutionary thought of Darwin and later others prominent theology‚ there could not be a God who loved humans personally and created a universe by design. He went on to college where he became a sincere atheist. However he could not remain content there for long because as he admits he was always searching for answers as his career in journalism

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    Jurassic World is just one of the many movies in Hollywood that has had major technology advances since the original film. Jurassic World still follows the storyline of Jurassic Park‚ while not only adding gruesome effects to the dinosaurs but also transforming the park to look more modern and look like today’s idea of a theme park. In fact the whole theme park is built on technology. For example‚ the rides‚ ways of transportation‚ and the different equipment used to monitor and even create some

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    My long-time enjoyment of earth science‚ especially when it included fossil activities‚ had me doing earth science activities for kids from the time my own children were little ones. So when my middle school asked me to pick something to teach for six weeks that I just enjoyed‚ this was the first thing that came to mind. It was set up to be more like a club than a class‚ so while there were definitely learning goals‚ the most important goal was to have fun and enjoy ourselves. I knew I should include

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    Jurassic Park is a book with a lot of dinosaurs in an amusement park for attraction but has been abandon for a while. So‚ doctors are willing to risk their lives to help them and of course‚ come in trouble with some dinosaurs but sometimes they made it through the obstacles. I think the Author chose the title Jurassic Park because the book contains dinosaurs in an Area with its specified purpose. Geological is a period when dinosaurs ruled the world for 55 million years in the Mesozoic era. A park

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    Zach Merto Maniscalco Geologic Time 01: Geologic Time Scale Reflection Questions 1. What scale did you use to make your model? The scale I used to make my model was 1:10. 2. How did you decide to use this scale? Show your calculations. By using the scale calculator‚ that was provided‚ I arrived at the 1:10 scale. I learned that using a scale calculator to “scale down” may take multiple attempts. I tried a few times before arriving at the 1:10 scale. First‚ I entered the scaling factor of 1:10‚ for

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    Change in Precipitation Ramon Pena BIO101 February 14‚ 2011 Dr. Richard Steiner Change in Precipitation Introduction This experiment will take course during a 300-year-time -period simulation. This experiment will consist of two islands‚ Darwin Island‚ Wallace Island and take only into account the bird population of these two islands. The parameter will stay the same‚ except for one variable; precipitation. I will record how the precipitation changes the beak size of the bird population

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    Study Guide 1 Geol 105 Spring 2012 Terms and People to know Amino acids –compound of life- proteins. Archaea – best candidate for earliest life. Live in extreme environments. BIF –Banded Iron Formation Mistaken Point- New foundland. Marine environments. Branching structure. fractal body plan Uniformitarianism- The theory that all geologic phenomena may be explained as the result of existing forces having operated uniformly from the origin of the earth to the present time.the laws of nature

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    Earth History (Geological Timeline) Lecturer Dr. Sameh Abu El Soud History of Early Geology Catastro‐phism Tries to explain the presence of everything on earth and  their composition by catastrophes.  E.g. A catastrophe happened to  dinosaurs 80 million years ago.  A comet fell on earth surface leading to  volcanoes‚ leading to dust clouds in the atmosphere‚ preventing solar  rays penetration ‚ the plants died and then the dinosaurs. Uniformi‐tarianism (James Hu on‚ late 1700s) ‐ He proposed that the 

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