1. About how old is the planet Earth?

2. In those early years of the planet, which important chemical was

absent from the atmosphere?
3. When (how many bya) did life probably first appear?
4. How do scientists think each of the geologic ages came to its end?
5. The first and the longest geologic age is the Precambrian. What
organisms lived then?
6. How do paleontologists know which organisms inhabited the Earth
all those millions of years ago?
7. Which old theory was Louis Pasteur able to reject with his
experiment?
8. Using only laballed or annotated drawings, summarise the theory
of endosymbiosis, which explains how eukaryotic cells evolved.
9. What is the name of the geologic era in which we live now?
10. What is the picture behind this slide showing? Why so important?