i missed school because i was out sick :( i need help on this paper though we learned a lot about the food web andfood chains but i missed out. can you help me put this in order?
starting from 5 billion years ago...to today
which on goes first?
earth formed
first birds
first monkeys
first land plants
atmosphere and oceans
first bacteria first dinosaurs
first primates
first soft-bodied animals (jellyfish)
first animals with a backbone
first amphibians
first animals with hard shell
first organisms with many cells (multicellular algae)
first cell with a nucleus (eukaryotes)
first reptiles
first land animals (insects)
first flowering plants
mass extinction of many oragnisms including dinosaurs
oxygen begins to build up in the atmosphere
thanks :)
Who is bored and can help me with this timeline?
Key: BYA = billions of years ago
MYA = millions of years ago
earth formed ~ 4.6 BYA
1st birds ~ 213 MYA
1st monkeys aka mammals ~213 MYA
1st land plants ~438 MYA
atmosphere %26amp; oceans form ~4.2 BYA
1st bacteria ~3.8-2.5 BYA (cyanobacteria oldest ~3.5 BYA)
1st dinosaurs ~248 MYA
1st primates (see monkeys above)
1st soft-bodied animals (not sure but maybe ~505 MYA when invertebrates were dominant)
1st backboned animals - no idea but guessing ~590 MYA
1st amphibians ~408 MYA
1st hard shells - I think ~ 540-250 MYA
1st multicelluar organisms - The Ediacara Fauna~ 700-540 MYA
1st eukaryotes ~1.8 BYA
1st reptiles ~320 MYA
1st insects ~ (same as terrestrial plants) ~439-408 MYA
1st flowering plants ~144 MYA
O2 starts building in the atmosphere ~ 3.5 BYA because oxygen was a waste product of photosynthetic organisms like cyanobacteria
There were many mass extinctions:
--- "Cambrian Explosion" in the Cambrian period (540-250 MYA)
--- mass extinction at the end of the Ordivician period (495-439 MYA) where 75% of all animals went extinct
--- Devonian period (439-408 MYA) when 75% of all marine life went extinct
--- Permian period (290-250 MYA) when 96% of all species went extinct due to volcanic eruptions and a meteor strike
--- And the most popular extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period (144-65 MYA), caused by a meteor
PHEW!
I just had to memorize all this stuff a few weeks ago so I still have all the notes. I understand your pain.
Reply:earth formed then oxygen begins to build up in the atmosphere
P.S im totally guessing but it makes sense to me since no life can exist without oxygen
Thursday, January 12, 2012
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