Period 7 Westacott Klingensmith Kile

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  • (5 BYA) Solar System Forms

    (5 BYA) Solar System Forms

    The solar system was a swirling mass of gas and dust.
    Over time, most of the material was pulled together by gravity and formed the sun. the remaining debris circled the sun, collided, and formed planets.
  • (4.6 BYA) Earth Forms

    (4.6 BYA) Earth Forms

    Earth began to form by colliding with space debris.
  • (4 BYA) Ages are estimated with radiometric dating

    (4 BYA) Ages are estimated with radiometric dating

    The estimated age of Earth
    Earth and other materials have had their ages estimated using radiometric dating and radioactive isotopes.
  • (4 BYA) Earth's age estimated

    (4 BYA) Earth's age estimated

    700,000 times as long as the period of recorded history.
    50 million times as long as the human lifespan.
  • (3.5 BYA) Stromatolites are known

    (3.5 BYA) Stromatolites are known

    Fossils of stromatolites
    are known.
  • (3 BYA) Life becomes photosynthetic

    (3 BYA) Life becomes photosynthetic

    Some forms of life had become photosynthetic.
  • (2.2 BYA) Earth looks how it does today

    (2.2 BYA) Earth looks how it does today

    Earth appeared as it does today.
  • (2 BYA) O2 levels are reached

    (2 BYA) O2 levels are reached

    O2 levels reached today’s levels.
  • (2 BYA) O2 was bombarded with sun rays.

    (2 BYA) O2 was bombarded with sun rays.

    O2 was bombarded with sun rays.
  • (1.5 BYA) Prokaryotes are formed

    (1.5 BYA) Prokaryotes are formed

    Type of small aerobic prokaryote was engulfed by and began to live and reproduce inside a larger anaerbic prokar
    yote.
  • (1 BYA) Organisms are protected by ozone

    (1 BYA) Organisms are protected by ozone

    Ozone (O3) formed – protected organisms from harmful UV rays so they could exist on land
  • 1600-1700

    1600-1700

    Francesco Redi does an experiment using raw meat, flies, and netting to work toward disproving spontaneous generation.
  • (1665) Microscopes

    (1665) Microscopes

    Robert Hooke used an early light microscope in 1665.
  • (1700-1800) Spallanzani

    (1700-1800) Spallanzani

    Spallanzani disproved theories about spontaneous generations by boiling broth and showing that it did not become cloudy when it was covered. This proved that the microorganisms had to come from other microorganisms and not the air.
  • (1800-1900) Pesteur

    (1800-1900) Pesteur

    Pesteur set up experiments using boiled broth to back up Spallanzani’s experiment with the microorganisms.
  • (1800-1900) Biogenesis

    (1800-1900) Biogenesis

    Biogenesis was then a majorly accepted principle of biology instead of spontaneous generation.
  • (1900- present) Cech

    (1900- present) Cech

    Thomas Cech found that a type of RNA found in unicellular in some eukaryotes is able to act as a chemical catalyst.
  • (1900- present) Oparin and Haldane

    (1900- present) Oparin and Haldane

    Alexander I. Oparin and John B. S. Haldane hypothesized that the atmosphere contained ammonia NH3, H2, H2O, and compounds made of hydrogen and carbon.
  • (1960) Margulis

    (1960) Margulis

    Lynn Margulis hypothesised and proved that endosymbiosis caused the formation organelles in the 1960s.
  • (1900- present) Miller and Urey

    (1900- present) Miller and Urey

    Stanley L. Miller and Harold C. Urey tested the hypothesis and found organic compounds such as amino acids.
  • (1900- present) Fox

    (1900- present) Fox

    Fox did extensive research that on physical structures that may have given rise to the first cells.