I'm doing a 10 minute oral presentation on "geological evidence supporting evolution". The teacher hasn't specified what needs to be covered, but has left it open for us to decide.
What aspects of geology should I cover in this presentation?
What aspects of geology should I cover in this presentation?
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You don't state the age or knowledge of your audience, but the two long answers seem really complicated if you are speaking to a general group of students and not one well trained in the material.
And many of those points have more to do with geology than evolution.
I would want to make the point that we have lots and lots of rocks that are layers of material where each layer can be tested and examined for age, duration, and content of plant and animal material. And studying many of the layers, we find that there are changes in the nature of the animals and plants that show progress or complexity of development in the same order as the added layers.
And many of those points have more to do with geology than evolution.
I would want to make the point that we have lots and lots of rocks that are layers of material where each layer can be tested and examined for age, duration, and content of plant and animal material. And studying many of the layers, we find that there are changes in the nature of the animals and plants that show progress or complexity of development in the same order as the added layers.
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1. The thickness of the geologic column and its relationship to the known timelines for deposition of the various depositional environments and lithologies. (ie...rates of sedimentation).
2. The rates of seafloor spreading and the known dimensions of the Atlantic Ocean relative to the Mid Atlantic Ridge
3. Magnetic Polarity bandings along the mid Atlantic Ridge relative to the known periodicity of Geomagnetic Reversals.
4. The limited time ranges of specific Index Fossils and their restriction to specific age groups and geographic distributions.
5. The variety of Radiometric Age Dating Techniques and their useful time ranges and how known igneous intrusive ages cross cut predating sediments of known Index Fossil Age.
6. The fundamental correlative nature of most sedimentological and, igneous and metamorphic strata and facies, on a Global basis.
7. The totality of Plate Tectonic Theory as observed seismically and correlated over thousands of miles and indeed intercontinentally across oceans using both conventional stratigraphy and seismostratigraphy.
2. The rates of seafloor spreading and the known dimensions of the Atlantic Ocean relative to the Mid Atlantic Ridge
3. Magnetic Polarity bandings along the mid Atlantic Ridge relative to the known periodicity of Geomagnetic Reversals.
4. The limited time ranges of specific Index Fossils and their restriction to specific age groups and geographic distributions.
5. The variety of Radiometric Age Dating Techniques and their useful time ranges and how known igneous intrusive ages cross cut predating sediments of known Index Fossil Age.
6. The fundamental correlative nature of most sedimentological and, igneous and metamorphic strata and facies, on a Global basis.
7. The totality of Plate Tectonic Theory as observed seismically and correlated over thousands of miles and indeed intercontinentally across oceans using both conventional stratigraphy and seismostratigraphy.
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well, there infinite evidence
geologic timeline
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cach…
http://www.agiweb.org/news/evolution/exa…
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?…
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles…
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/librar…
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence_of…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution
http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/his…
geologic timeline
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cach…
http://www.agiweb.org/news/evolution/exa…
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?…
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles…
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/librar…
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence_of…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution
http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/his…