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Describe how evidence of biozones and faunal succession in rock layers reveal information about the environment at the time those rocks were deposited and the dynamic nature of the Earth.
Earth Systems Science · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2022
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evidencebiozonesfaunal successionrock layersinformationenvironmenttimerocksdynamic natureEarth
Skills
- describe (evidence of biozones and faunal succession in rock layers) #dok1
- identify (information about past environments from rock layer evidence) #dok2
- analyze (relationship between rock/fossil data and environmental conditions) #dok3
- explain (how rock evidence reveals Earth's dynamic nature) #dok3
Learning Targets
- I can describe evidence of biozones and faunal succession in rock layers. #dok1
- I can identify information about the environment at the time rocks were deposited using evidence from rock layers. #dok2
- I can explain how biozones and faunal succession in rock layers reveal the dynamic nature of Earth. #dok3
- I can analyze how evidence found in rock layers reflects environmental changes and processes on Earth. #dok3
Big Ideas
- Biozones and faunal succession in rock layers provide evidence of environmental conditions and changes over geologic time.
- Rock layers and the fossils they contain reveal the dynamic and ever-changing nature of Earth's environment.
Essential Questions
- How do biozones and faunal succession provide information about Earth's past environments?
- What can we learn from the evidence found in rock layers about the conditions at the time those rocks formed?
- In what ways do rock and fossil records demonstrate the dynamic nature of the Earth?
- How do scientists use rock layers to reconstruct past environmental changes?
- How reliable is the information obtained from biozones and faunal succession in understanding Earth's history?