READ: Histroy of Life on Earth

READ: History of Life on Earth

2. Objectives

Lesson Objectives

  • Know that geologists and paleontologists use evidence to determine the history of Earth and life on Earth.
  • Know that geologists and paleontologists measure the radioactivity in certain rocks to determine the age of the earth and fossils.
  • Know that the earth is between four and five billion years old.
  • Know that scientists need to know what the environment (what chemicals were around, the temperature, etc.) was like on Earth billions of years ago to know how life formed.
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