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Senior

High
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Department of Education – Division of Palawan


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General Biology 2 – Senior High School
Contextualized Self-Learning Module
Quarter 3 – Module 2-Lesson 1: History of Life on Earth
First Edition, 2021

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Introductory Message
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our dear learners, can
continue your studies and learn while at home. Activities, questions, directions,
exercises, and discussions are carefully stated for you to understand each
lesson.

Each SLM is composed of different parts. Each part shall guide you step-by-
step as you discover and understand the lesson prepared for you.

Pre-tests are provided to measure your prior knowledge on lessons in each SLM.
This will tell you if you need to proceed on completing this module or if you
need to ask your facilitator or your teacher’s assistance for better
understanding of the lesson. At the end of each module, you need to answer
the post-test to self-check your learning. Answer keys are provided for each
activity and test. We trust that you will be honest in using these.

In addition to the material in the main text, Notes to the Teacher are also
provided to our facilitators and parents for strategies and reminders on how
they can best help you on your home-based learning.

Please use this module with care. Do not put unnecessary marks on any part
of this SLM. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises and tests.
And read the instructions carefully before performing each task

If you have any questions in using this SLM or any difficulty in answering the
tasks in this module, do not hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator.

Thank you.

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General Biology 2 Lesson 1:
Third Quarter General Features of the History
Week 2 of Life on Earth
MELC : Describe general features of the history of life on Earth, including
generally accepted dates and sequence of the geologic time
scale and characteristics of major groups of organisms present
during these time periods. STEM_BIO11/12-IIIc-g-8
Objectives:
1. Describe the general features of the history of life on Earth,

2. Recognize how short human history is in relation to the history of the


Earth; and

3. Appreciate the immensity of geologic time and recognize that the


Earth has a very long history.

What I Know
Directions. Read each question and choose the correct answer. Write your
answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. When did life begins on Earth?


A. 1- 2 billion years ago
B. 2-3 billion years ago
C. 3.5- 4 billion years ago
D. 4.5- 5 billion years ago

2. What was the first form of life?


A. human
B. fishes
C. bacteria
D. snake

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3. Which of the following evidences supported the idea that the Earth’s
dry land today was once covered by oceans?
A. Layers of rocks
B. Ancient fossils
C. Volcanic eruptions
D. Earthquakes

4. How do geologists and other scientists describe the history of the


earth?
A. Using sonar devices and satellites
B. Through geologic time scales
C. By examining the present life forms
D. With the helped of technology

5. What types of geological events help define geological time scales?


A. Earthquakes
B. Volcanic eruptions
C. Erosions
D. All of these

6. Which among the eras is considered as the age of ancient life?


A. Phanerozoic
B. Cenozoic
C. Paleozoic
D. Mesozoic

7. Which among the group of animals lived during Mesozoic era?


A. Insects and reptiles
B. Mammals and human
C. Birds and dinosaurs
D. Cartilage fish and first land animals

8. Which of the following is the correct basic unit of the geologic time
scale from the largest to the smallest?
A. Epoch, period, era, eon
B. Eon, era, period, epoch
C. Eon, era, epoch, period
D. Period, epoch, eon, era

9. Which among the period is considered as the age of reptiles?


A. Phanerozoic
B. Cenozoic
C. Paleozoic
D. Mesozoic
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10. What is the longest division of time?
A. Precambrian time
B. Phanerozoic time
C. Cenozoic era
D. Paleozoic era

11. During this time, diverse marine invertebrates are dominant.


A. Paleozoic
B. Cenozoic
C. Paleozoic
D. Mesozoic

12. Which among the period is considered as the age of mammals?


A. Phanerozoic
B. Cenozoic
C. Paleozoic
D. Mesozoic

13. Dinosaurs rule the Earth as the dominant animal life on earth.
A. Phanerozoic
B. Cenozoic
C. Paleozoic
D. Mesozoic

14. What is the shortest division of time?


A. Phanerozoic
B. Cenozoic
C. Paleozoic
D. Mesozoic

15. What caused the dinosaurs to become extinct?


A. Limited reproduction
B. Scarcity in food and shelter
C. Severe climate change
D. When meteorite collided with Earth

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What is It

For life to evolve from simple single-celled organisms to many millions of


species of prokaryotic species to simple eukaryotic species to all the protists,
fungi, plants, and animals, took some time. Well, over 3 billion years ago.
How old is the Earth? How was it formed? How did life begin on Earth?
These questions have fascinated scientists for centuries. During the 1800s,
geologists, paleontologists, and naturalists found several forms of physical
evidence that confirmed that earth is very old. The evidence includes fossils,
many layers of rock, and indications of volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and
erosions that happened long time ago.

Activity 1: Picture Analysis

Directions. Study the pictures carefully. Answer the guided questions.

Guide Question:

What really killed dinosaurs?


_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________

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Activity 2: Legit or Scam

Directions: Identify the statements below if it is SCAM OR LEGIT.

1. The Earth is thousands of millions of years old.


2. Oxygen has been in our atmosphere since the Earth first formed.
3. Animals colonized the land before plants did.
4. The first life on Earth was plants.
5. The first life animals with backbones were fish.
6. Paleozoic era was considered as age of mammals.
7. Mesozoic era lies between 145- 252 million years ago.
8. Geologic time scale is the hierarchal set of divisions for describing
geologic time.
9. Humans are the first living things lived on Earth.
10. Eons, eras, periods, and epochs are the basic units of the geologic
time, from the largest to the smallest.

Geologist and other scientists use geologic time scales to describe when
events happened in the history of Earth. The time scales can be used to show
when both geologic events and events affecting plant and animal life
occurred. The geologic time scale illustrates the timing of events like
earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, major erosion's, meteorites hitting Earth, the
first signs of life forms, and mass extinctions.

Life began about 3.5 to 4 billion years ago. The first life forms were single- celled
organisms similar to bacteria. These first life forms were, of course, very basic,
and then this allowed for the evolution of more complex life forms.

Geologists have divided Earth’s history into a series of time intervals. These time
intervals are not equal in length like the hours in a day. Instead the time
intervals are variable in length. Eons are the largest intervals of geologic time
and are hundreds of millions of years in duration. Eons are divided into smaller
time intervals known as eras. Phanerozoic is divided into three eras: Cenozoic,
Mesozoic, and Paleozoic. Eras are divided into periods. Finer subdivisions of
time are possible, and the period of Cenozoic are frequently subdivided into
epochs.

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Figure 1. Geologic time Scale showing dates with corresponding life forms

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What I Can Do

Activity 3: Fill In, Draw In!

Directions: Fill in the data table to show the number of millions of years each
Era lasted. Create a pie chart to show the percentage of time
each era of geologic.

FILL IN!

DIVISION OF PERCENT MILLION OF YEARS


GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE
The age of the Earth 100% 4,600 my

Cenozoic Era 1.5% ______________

Mesozoic Era 4% ______________

Paleozoic Era 6.5% ______________

Precambrian Time 88% ______________

DRAW IN!

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What’s More

Activity 4: Blueprint of the Past

Directions: Use the table below to label the periods of each Era on the arrow
provided. Label these and be sure to include vertical line, name of
period, and tears before today.

PALEOZOIC ERA (age of


ancient life) MESOZOIC ERA (age of
reptiles) CENOZOIC ERA (age of
PERIODS YEARS mammals)
BEFORE PERIODS YEARS
TODAY BEFORE PERIODS YEARS
TODAY BEFORE
CAMBRIAN 542 MYA TODAY
TRIASSIC 252
ORDOVICIAN 485 MYA MYA TERTIARY 66 MYA
SILURIAN 444 MYA JURASSIC 201 QUATERNARY 3 MYA
DEVONIAN 419 MYA MYA

CARBONIFEROUS 359 MYA CRETACEOUS 145


MYA
PERMIAN 299 MYA

3 MYA

TODAY

QUATERNARY

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What I Have Learned

Directions. Name the eras and periods based on your learning on the
previous activities. Use the pictures of animals, color and indicated
million years ago as your guide.

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Your answer:

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

Activity 5: What goes first?


_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________
Directions. Read the statement below and arrange the events in
_____________________________________________________________________
ascending order.
___________________________________________________

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Your answer:

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________.

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Assessment

Directions. Read each question and choose the correct answer. Write your
answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. What is the longest division of time?


A. Precambrian time
B. Phanerozoic time
C. Cenozoic era
D. Paleozoic era

2. Which of the following is the correct basic unit of the geologic time scale
from the largest to the smallest?
A. Epoch, period, era, eon
B. Eon, era, period, epoch
C. Eon, era, epoch, period
D. Period, epoch, eon, era

3. Which among the eras is considered as the age of ancient life?


A. Phanerozoic
B. Cenozoic
C. Paleozoic
D. Mesozoic

4. When did life begins on Earth?


A. 1- 2 billion years ago
B. 2-3 billion years ago
C. 3.5- 4 billion years ago
D. 4.5- 5 billion years ago

5. Which of the following evidences supported the idea that the Earth’s dry
land today was once covered by oceans?
A. Layers of rocks
B. Ancient fossils
C. Volcanic eruptions
D. Earthquakes

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6. Which among the period is considered as the age of mammals?
A. Phanerozoic
B. Cenozoic
C. Paleozoic
D. Mesozoic

7. What is the shortest division of time?


A. Phanerozoic
B. Cenozoic
C. Paleozoic
D. Mesozoic

8. What was the first form of life?


A. human
B. fishes
C. bacteria
D. Snake

9. What types of geological events help define geological time scales?


A. Earthquakes
B. Volcanic eruptions
C. Erosions
D. All of these

10. Which among the group of animals lived during Mesozoic era?
A. Insects and reptiles
B. Mammals and human
C. Birds and dinosaurs
D. Cartilage fish and first land animals

11. What caused the dinosaurs to become extinct?


A. Limited reproduction
B. Scarcity in food and shelter
C. Severe climate change
D. When meteorite collided with Earth

12. Dinosaurs rule the Earth as the dominant animal life on earth.
A. Phanerozoic
B. Cenozoic
C. Paleozoic
D. Mesozoic

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13. During this time, diverse marine invertebrates are dominant.
A. Paleozoic
B. Cenozoic
C. Paleozoic
D. Mesozoic

14. Which among the period is considered as the age of reptiles?


A. Phanerozoic
B. Cenozoic
C. Paleozoic
D. Mesozoic

15. How do geologists and other scientists describe the history of the earth?
A. Using sonar devices and satellites
B. Through geologic time scales
C. By examining the present life forms
D. With the helped of technology

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What's New What I Know
What Have I Learned Activity 2 1. C
2. C
1. Legit
Answer may vary according 3. B
2. Legit
to student’s perception 4. B
3. Scam
5. D
4. Scam
6. C
What Can I Do 5. Legit
7. C
Activity 5 6. Scam
8. B
7. Legit
9. D
Answer may vary according 8. Legit
10. A
to student’s perception 9. Scam
11. A
Assessment 10. Legit
12. B
1. A 13. B
2. B What's It
14. B
3. C
15. D
4. C Activity 3
5. B What's in
6. B 1. 4,600 my Activity 1
7. B 2. 66 my
8. C 3. 185 my Answer may vary according
9. D 4. 291 my to student’s perception.
10. C
5. 4,058 my
11. D
12. B
13. A Guide Questions:
14. D 1.
15. B
What's More
Activity 4
Answer may vary according
to student’s perception.
Answer Key
References

https://www.google.com/search?q=illustration+of+geologic+time+scale

https://flexbooks.ck12.org/cbook/ck-12-middle-school-life-science-
2.0/section/4.12/primary/lesson/timeline-of-evolution-ms-ls6

https://geolgy.com/time.htm

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