Evolution Notes Scavenger Hunt

What is a factor that could complicate Geologic Time Scale?

• Volcanic eruptions
• Plate tectonics
• Climate change
• Erosion

What type of Carbon is the most common of the radioactive isotopes?

• Carbon-16
• Carbon-10
• Carbon-12
• Carbon-14

What is the largest defined unit of time?

• Era

• Eon

• Period

• Epoch

Earth's past is separated into major ________

• Dinosaurs

• Events

• Histories

• Locations

The prefix "macro" means. . .

• small or short
• microscopic
• medium-sized
• large or long

Darwin collected _____ while on his journey

• rocks
• shells
• fossils

• leaves

What type of events are on the geologic time scale?

• Formation of deserts
• Extinction of species

• Eruption of volcanoes
• Growth of coral reefs

What is the most common non-radioactive isotope?

• Nitrogen-14
• Hydrogen-1
• Carbon-12
• Oxygen-16

The Galapagos Islands vary in climate and ______

• temperature
• geography
• history
• wildlife

Darwin looked at what types of animals?

• Different types of plants
• Only mammals
• Finches, tortoises, and other species found in the Galapagos Islands.

• Exclusively marine animals