Using figure 13.23, calculate the percentage. Fishes have been present (since the beginning of the Ordovician Period) what percent?

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
9th Edition
ISBN:9780134746241
Author:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
Publisher:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
Chapter1: The Study Of Minerals
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1LR
icon
Related questions
Question
Using figure 13.23, calculate the percentage. Fishes have been present (since the beginning of the Ordovician Period) what percent?
Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation
Eon
Phanerozoic
Proterozoic
Archean
Hadean
542
Ma
2500
Ma
4000
Ma
4600
Ma
Eon Cra
Phanerozoic
Paleozoic
Cenozoic
GEOLOGIC
Period
Mesozoic
Quaternary
Neogene
Paleogene
Carboniferous
TIME SCALE
Tertiary
Holocene
Pleistocene
Pliocene
Oligocene
Eocene
Paleocene
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Miocene
Permian
Epoch Age (Ma)
0.01
Pennsylvanian
(subperiod)
Silurian
Mississippian
(subperiod)
Devonian
Ordovician
Cambrian
Precambrian
2.6
5.3
23.0
33.9
55.8
65.5
145.5
199.6
251.0
299.0
359.2
416.0
443.7
488.3
542.0
The geologic time scale. The divisions of Earth's history were originally based
he sequence of major changes and extinctions seen in the fossil record.
hown as millions of years ago (Ma) were established more recently but are
s are some of the time divisions themselves: in 2009 the Neogene Period was
the Miocene and Pliocene but no later epochs, although the older designation
is still in use: the designation of the Hadean
The present
Humans develop
"Age of Mammals"
Extinction of
dinosaurs and
many other species
First flowering
plants
First birds and
mammals
First dinosaurs
Extinction of
trilobites and many
other marine
animals
First reptiles
Amphibians
abundant
First insect fossils
Fishes dominant
First land plants
First fishes
Trilobites dominant
First organisms
with shells
11
Transcribed Image Text:Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation Eon Phanerozoic Proterozoic Archean Hadean 542 Ma 2500 Ma 4000 Ma 4600 Ma Eon Cra Phanerozoic Paleozoic Cenozoic GEOLOGIC Period Mesozoic Quaternary Neogene Paleogene Carboniferous TIME SCALE Tertiary Holocene Pleistocene Pliocene Oligocene Eocene Paleocene Cretaceous Jurassic Triassic Miocene Permian Epoch Age (Ma) 0.01 Pennsylvanian (subperiod) Silurian Mississippian (subperiod) Devonian Ordovician Cambrian Precambrian 2.6 5.3 23.0 33.9 55.8 65.5 145.5 199.6 251.0 299.0 359.2 416.0 443.7 488.3 542.0 The geologic time scale. The divisions of Earth's history were originally based he sequence of major changes and extinctions seen in the fossil record. hown as millions of years ago (Ma) were established more recently but are s are some of the time divisions themselves: in 2009 the Neogene Period was the Miocene and Pliocene but no later epochs, although the older designation is still in use: the designation of the Hadean The present Humans develop "Age of Mammals" Extinction of dinosaurs and many other species First flowering plants First birds and mammals First dinosaurs Extinction of trilobites and many other marine animals First reptiles Amphibians abundant First insect fossils Fishes dominant First land plants First fishes Trilobites dominant First organisms with shells 11
Expert Solution
trending now

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

steps

Step by step

Solved in 3 steps with 1 images

Blurred answer
Recommended textbooks for you
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science …
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science …
Earth Science
ISBN:
9780134746241
Author:
Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
Publisher:
PEARSON
Exercises for Weather & Climate (9th Edition)
Exercises for Weather & Climate (9th Edition)
Earth Science
ISBN:
9780134041360
Author:
Greg Carbone
Publisher:
PEARSON
Environmental Science
Environmental Science
Earth Science
ISBN:
9781260153125
Author:
William P Cunningham Prof., Mary Ann Cunningham Professor
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education
Earth Science (15th Edition)
Earth Science (15th Edition)
Earth Science
ISBN:
9780134543536
Author:
Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
Publisher:
PEARSON
Environmental Science (MindTap Course List)
Environmental Science (MindTap Course List)
Earth Science
ISBN:
9781337569613
Author:
G. Tyler Miller, Scott Spoolman
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Physical Geology
Physical Geology
Earth Science
ISBN:
9781259916823
Author:
Plummer, Charles C., CARLSON, Diane H., Hammersley, Lisa
Publisher:
Mcgraw-hill Education,