(Encyclopedia) Cenozoic eraCenozoic erasēnəzōˈĭk, sĕn– [key], last major division of geologic time (see Geologic Timescale, tablegeologic timescale, table) lasting from 65 million years ago to the…
TIMELINE OF THE UNIVERSETHE MOMENT OF EXPLOSIONTHE FIRST THREE MINUTESATOMSTHE UNIVERSE TAKES SHAPETHE EVOLVING UNIVERSEREDSHIFTDARK MATTERFIND OUT MOREAstronomers believe that the Universe came…
THE FOSSIL RECORDRADIOMETRIC DATINGFIND OUT MOREGeologists (scientists who study rocks) divide the time since the Earth was formed until today into chunks called periods. During the various…
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Land mammal: African elephants weigh up to 14,000 pounds and can eat as much as 600 pounds of food a day! Their trunks contain as many as 100,000 different muscles.
Marine…
(Encyclopedia) Triassic periodTriassic periodtrīăsˈĭk [key], first period of the Mesozoic era of geologic time (see Geologic Timescale, tablegeologic timescale, table) from 205 to 250 million years…
(Encyclopedia) Cretaceous periodCretaceous periodkrĭtāˈshəs [key], third and last period of the Mesozoic era of geologic time (see Geologic Timescale, tablegeologic timescale, table), lasting from…
