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Life Science Packet D
Lesson 5
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Science
7th Grade
03/24/2008

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Precambrian Time
Definition
Period taking up most of Earth's history
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Earliest life forms?
Definition
Very similar to modern-day bacteria
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The Paleozoic Era
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At beginning of Paleozoic Era, a great number of organisms evolved.
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Ancestors of octupus and squid appeared in this period

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Ordovician and Silurian
Term
In what period did plants start to live on land
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Silurian
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Age of Fishes
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Devonian
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Amphibian
Definition
Animal lives part of time on land, part in water
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Reptiles
Definition
Scaly skin and lay eggs with tough, leather tails
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What caused the end of the Paleozoic Era?
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Mass extinction
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Scientists believed this supercontinent may have caused mass extinction.
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Pangaea
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Triassic Era is called
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Age of Reptiles
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Mammal
Definition
Warm-blooded vertebrate that feeds its young milk
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Reptiles are still dominant vertebrates

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Cretaceous Period
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Second Mass Extinction caused by?
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Asteroid
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What happened after asteroid impact?
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Huge amounts of dust and water vapor surrounded air, killed all animals, lack of sunlight
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Quaternary Period had?
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Ice ages
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Homosapiens evolved?
Definition
Over 100,000 years ago
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