Inter Geo

Goals:
1.3
 To understand about the geological
timescales and consolidate what was
learned in the previous two units.
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 To understand that humans been on Earth
for a relatively short time.
 To understand how and when humans
spread across the globe and how we
changed along the way.
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Big question?
1.3
 Are regions “real” or constructions made by humans to facilitate the study of geography?
 How long have humans like us (Homo sapiens) been around?
 What is an eon, an era, and a period?
 What is the geological timescale?

1.4
 How does the movement of people, material goods and ideas influence geography?
 How do geography, climate, and natural resources affect the way people live and work?
 Are regions “real” or constructions made by humans to facilitate the study of geography?
 How does geography influence lifestyle and point of view?
 When did human’s first leave Africa?
 How did the ice age influence the spread of humans across the planet?
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Big understandings
1.3
 scientists have learned a great deal about Earth’s history by studying rocks and fossils, over
hundreds of years.

 what they learned had been summarized to give us the geological timescale.

 the Earth’s age is divided into eons, which are sub-divided into eras, which are in turn divided
into periods.

 the Precambrian eon covers almost 4 billion years. In this eon simple cells, and then soft
bodies animals evolved.

 many of the eons are named after the places where rocks were studied, or tribes who lived in
those places.

 several periods ended in mass extinction or a change in climate which led to new species
flourishing in the following eon.
 Scientists have learned a great deal about Earth’s history by
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studying rocks and fossils, over hundreds of years.
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 Despite seeming like a relatively stable place, the Earth's surface has changed
dramatically over the past 4.6 billion years. Mountains have been built and eroded,
continents and oceans have moved great distances, and the Earth has fluctuated from
being extremely cold and almost completely covered with ice to being very warm and ice-
free. These changes typically occur so slowly that they are barely detectable over the
span of a human life, yet even at this instant, the Earth's surface is moving and changing.
As these changes have occurred, organisms have evolved, and remnants of some have
been preserved as fossils.

 A fossil can be studied to determine what kind of organism it represents, how the
organism lived, and how it was preserved. However, by itself a fossil has little meaning
unless it is placed within some context. The age of the fossil must be determined so it can
be compared to other fossil species from the same time period. Understanding the ages
of related fossil species helps scientists piece together the evolutionary history of a group
of organisms.
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What they learned had been summarized to give us
the geological timescale.
 The Earth’s age is divided into eons, which are sub-divided
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into eras, which are in turn divided into periods .
 The Precambrian eon covers almost 4 billion years. In this eon
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simple cells, and then soft bodies animals evolved.
 Many of the eons are named after the places where rocks
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were studied, or tribes who lived in those places.
 Several periods ended in mass extinction or a change in
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climate which led to new species flourishing in the
following eon.
Off – Screen time: (5) minutes
• (a) Copy and or check your answers for
• your turn(s) into your note book ( if already
finished write a short 50 word piece on your
favorite kind of prehistoric era and or early
species of man) or (drawings ok)
• (b) Upload your photo(s) of your finished work.
• (c) Remember to keep your mic on and camera
on, and get back on screen, on time!
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z Your turn 1.3
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 for most of Earth’s history, the only form of life was single cells. (They are
still very common today – ex. bacteria.)
 we humans (Homo sapiens) evolved 200 tya. If Earth’s age is represented by
12 hours, that was only 2 seconds ago.
 at that time, Earth was experiencing an ice age; and because so much water
was locked up in ice, the water levels in the oceans were low.
 so early humans were able to use land bridges to cross to places normally
separated by water.
 DNA evidence, as well as paleontology, helps scientists track the prehistoric
spread of humans across the planet.
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For most of Earth’s history, the only form of life was single cells.
(They are still very common today – ex. bacteria.)
we humans (Homo sapiens) evolved 200 tya. If Earth’s age
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is represented by 12 hours, that was only 2 seconds ago.
at that time,
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Earth was experiencing an ice age; and because so much
water was locked up in ice, the water levels in the oceans were low.

Back in the Ice Age, not only was the planet

colder to a significant degree. The atmosphere
was 20 to 25 times dustier than today. The
dust in the air, by the way, also affected
global temperatures and had to be factored
into the calculation – ultimately, to estimate the
role greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide
and methane had to do with the climatic
changes.
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cross to places normally separated by water.

 During the last ice age, people

journeyed across the ancient land
bridge connecting Asia to North
America. That land is now submerged
underwater, but a newly created
digital map reveals how the landscape
likely appeared about 18,000 years
ago.
DNA evidence, as well as paleontology, helps scientists
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track the prehistoric spread of humans across the planet.
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z Your turn 1.4
Off – Screen time: (5) minutes
• (a) Copy and or check your answers for
• your turn(s) into your note book ( if already
finished write a short 50 word piece on your
favorite kind of prehistoric era and or early
species of man) or (drawings ok)
• (b) Upload your photo(s) of your finished work.
• (c) Remember to keep your mic on and camera
on, and get back on screen, on time!
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Video Links: 1.3 – 1.4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=rWp5ZpJAIAE&t=578s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=JDnQmBFxIfE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=yR8cR75iKGU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=ehV-MmuvVMU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=dGiQaabX3_o&t=134s