PRECAMBRIAN

BY GROUP 1
 PRECAMBRIAN

"Before the Cambrian Period"

 PRECAMBRIAN

"Obscure Life" or Cryptozoic Eon

 PRECAMBRIAN

Accounts 90% of Earth's history

THREE EONS OF PRECAMBRIAN
PERIOD

Hadean Eon
Archean Eon
Proterozoic Eon
HADEAN EON

"Development of life"
HADEAN EON

4.6 Billion Years Ago

 HADEAN EON
Earth was also formed 4.6 billion
years ago. The plant was formed by
GAS and DUST
Earth's surface resembled the
famous depictions of hell:

oceans of liquid rocks

boiling sulfur
impact craters galore
HADEAN EON
volcanoes erupted
space debris and asteroid
were falling down
"It is difficult to take a step without falling
into a lava pit or being struck by a meteor."
 HOWEVER
It is impossible to breathe because it is
entirely made up of:

CO2
water vapor
with traces of nitrogen and odrious
sulfur compounds
 AIR
dense
sultry
loaded with dust and grine
 MAJOR EVENTS
ASTEROID
The size of Mars collided with Earth during the
start of the Hadean Period.

results:
utterly smashing and melting the Earth
forming the Earth's only natural satellite
moon
 MAJOR EVENTS
MAGNETIC FIELD
Convention currents produced a geodynamo. This
was the first step for life to persist on Earth.

MOON FORMATION
The formation of our moon was the key to
stabilizing our climate.
ARCHEAN EON
"Beginning" or "Origin"
ARCHEAN EON
Archaea and Bacteria
 ARCHEAN EON
Earth cooled down and can
support continents and oceans.
ARCHEAN EON
lasted 4 billion to 2.5 billion
years ago
no glaciers
heavy rains filled the oceans
the environment is anaerobic
 MAJOR EVENTS
BANDED IRON FORMATIONS
Oxygen filled the oceans from
cyanobacteria.
Most of the world's iron ore deposits in
this eon is from banded iron formation.
 MAJOR EVENTS
OZONE LAYER
Eventually, the ozone layer forms.
This layer of protection was
essential for life to form.
PROTEROZOIC
"Age of Prokaryotic Microbes"
 PROTEROZOIC EON

2.5 billion to 541 million years ago

 PROTEROZOIC EON
metallic ores, notably of iron, gold,
copper, uranium, and nickel
PROTEROZOIC EON
atmosphere and oceans changed
significantly
rocks contain many definite traces of
primitive life-forms—the fossil remains of
bacteria and blue-green algae as well as the
first oxygen-dependent animals, the
Ediacara fauna
 MAJOR EVENTS
LIFE AND OXYGENERATION OF
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
Free oxygen in the atmosphere increased
significantly as a result of biological
activity
PALEOZOIC ERA
PALEOZOIC ERA

"The Ancient life"

 PALEOZOIC ERA
began about 544 million years ago and
lasted about 300 million years
 PALEOZOIC ERA
sea level rose and fell worldwide, allowing
shallow seas to cover continents and marien
life to flourish
The " Cambrian Explosion" took place
where the largest number of creatures
evolved in any single period on Earth's
history
DIVIDED INTO 6 MAJOR
PERIODS
Cambrian
Ordovician
Sulirian
Devonian
Carboniferous
Permian
CAMBRIAN PERIOD
 MAJOR EVENTS
development of organisms having the
ability to secrete calcium carbonate and
calcium phosphate for the formation of
shells
almost marine organisms came into
existence
MAJOR EVENTS
there were two supercontinent in
these period, Gondwana and
Laurentia
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD
 MAJOR EVENTS
marks the appearance of the earliest
vertebrates
the jawless fish known as "Agnatha"
level of carbon dioxide was several higher
than today
SILURIAN PERIOD
 MAJOR EVENTS
emergence of terrestrial life, the earliest
being the vascular plant known as
"Cooksonia".
air-breathing scorpions and millepedes
were common.
 MAJOR EVENTS
three northern continents collided
forming new supercontinent Euramerica
DEVONIAN PERIOD
"The Age of Fishes"
MAJOR EVENTS
first amphibians made their
appearance.
lowland of forest of seed ferns, scale
trees, and true ferns flourished.
 MAJOR EVENTS
shark and bony fishes developed.
"Kellwasser Event" was largely
responsible for the demise of great coral
reefs, jawless fishes, and trilobites
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