Name_____________________________ Life Through Time WebQuest
Click to visit: http://www.humboldt.edu/
Click on the word “Exhibits,” located in the menu on the left of the web page then click on
the displayed exhibit: Life Through Time.
Precambrian (4,570 to 542.0 Million years ago)
How much of Earth’s history is encompassed here? ___________________ Look at one fossil in the case index and describe it. Paleozoic Era (542.0 to 251.0 Million years ago) Cambrian (timeline_______________________)
What happened during the Cambrian explosion?______________________________
Look at one fossil in the case index and describe it. Ordovician (timeline_______________________)
What happened during the Ordovician?____________________________________
Look at one fossil in the case index and describe it. Silurian (timeline_______________________)
What happened during the Silurian?____________________________________
Look at one fossil in the case index and describe it. Devonian (timeline_______________________)
What happened during the Devonian?____________________________________
Look at one fossil in the case index and describe it. Permian (timeline_______________________)
What happened during the Permian?____________________________________
Look at one fossil in the case index and describe it. Mesozoic Era (251.0 to 65.5 Million years ago)
Triassic (timeline_______________________) What happened during the Triassic?____________________________________
Look at one fossil in the case index and describe it. Jurassic (timeline_______________________)
What happened during the Jurassic?____________________________________
Look at one fossil in the case index and describe it. Cretaceous (timeline_______________________) What happened during the Cretaceous?____________________________________
Look at one fossil in the case index and describe it. Cenozoic Era (65.5 Million years ago to present)
Paleogene (timeline_______________________) What happened during the Paleogene?____________________________________
Look at one fossil in the case index and describe it. Neogene (timeline_______________________) What happened during the Neogene?____________________________________
Look at one fossil in the case index and describe it. Now create your own timeline and label it with the Eras and Periods you explored above
4.6 billion years ago today