in the La Brea pits is one of the places that is known for the history and the findings from the tar pits. The La Brea Tar Pits is significant to the study of geology. The fossils found in the tar assist geologist to date rocks and the earth’s surface. At the la Brea tar pits, the fossils founds are mostly creatures from the Ice Age. This is because the tar pits formed after the dinosaurs’ age. The dinosaurs died 65 million years ago before the tar pits surfaced the land. Some of the pits in this
dating, time periods have become more accurate and being able to tell what lived during those times became possible. Although conditions have to be correct for fossilization, Pleistocene fossils are widespread and often well preserved. In the La Brea tar pits of present day Los Angeles, hundreds of thousands of preserved bones have been found that give a good idea of the animals that were present during this time. Many of the animals preserved are animals that can still be found today and would be
The tar pits were surrounded by grasslands, shrubby areas and pine forests. Sabertooth cats fed off of herbivores so they often times lived in areas like this because many of the plant-eating animals sabertooth cats relied on lived in these areas. Smilodons also
Different Ways Fossils Form There are six different ways a fossil can be formed. Tar, carbonization, permineralizaion, amber, desiccation and freezing are the six different ways fossils can form. One way a fossil forms is through tar pits. Tar pits form when crude oil seeps through the Earth’s crust forming pools. The light oils are evaporated leaving the thick sticky oil we call tar. Then a plant or animal gets stuck in the tar because they think it is water. Predators, like Canis dirus (dire wolves)
A critique of "ICE AGE" In the 20th Century Fox production, ICE AGE, we are introduced to a variety of prehistoric animals trying to avoid the coming ice age by moving to warmer climates. This is a classic buddy story revolving around non-fiction animals of the ice age period. This rag tag group consists of a woolly mammoth, sabre tooth cat, a sloth and a sabre tooth squirrel. They join forces to reunite a human baby with his tribe. Of course, the sabre tooth squirrel isn't so much of the group
In a world of computer crime, stolen identities, and network sabotage it would seem that hackers are the ones with the advantage with the rest of us playing the defensive. There are a number of tools that we use to fight back, such as: Anti-virus applications, firewalls, and encryption. These are some of the most well-known defensive strategies but there also exist one that actually encourages attacks, and is commonly called a honeypot. If you can remember the allure that Winnie the Pooh had for
Los Angeles and New York are both great places to live in and to visit on a vacation. This two cities have never really seen each other eye to eye by the people who live there. The cities being on opposite sides of the United States doesn’t help the situation, its west coast and east coast rivalry. These cities have a rivalry that has gone on for so long it astonished me deeply. The history behind both cities are very similar, but very different all at the same time. First thing
wide audience. Aside from the shaky camera scenes, found footage movies seem scarier and suspenseful because they because watching them makes you feel as though you are in the scenes, experiencing the same type of jump out of your seat horror or the pit in your stomach action. The one serious drawback of the found footage genre is that Dramamine motion sickness medicine is not always
created about 1.7 billion years ago (Los Angeles Almanac). Native Americans inhabited L.A. for a few thousands of years and then along came the Europeans. A few of the explorers of Los Angeles were Juan Cabrillo, Sebastian Vizcaino, and Gasper de Portola (LA Tourism & Convention Board). The Europeans came in about 1540 and settled the area for the Spaniards. The Spanish Empire built many ranches and missions throughout Southern California. At the time in Los Angeles, “The Spanish period was dominated by
The Evolving Planet exhibit at Chicago’s Field Museum opened in 2006, and has become a popular permanent exhibit at the museum especially for students learning about biology. The exhibit is a well-funded demonstration of evolution on earth. The museum takes users from single cell organisms through to eons of life on earth through to modern man. The exhibit has both interactive and visual displays as well as carefully prepared videos. The exhibit attractions is a scientific connection of evolution
area include Earthquakes, Fault lines, mining, sedimentary basins, rivers, mountain ranges, and volcanoes. Los Angeles is subject to earthquakes because it is on the “Pacific Ring of Fire”, which in an area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. The La Brea Tar Pits is also an example of a natural resource in Los Angeles. The city of Los Angeles needs to be aggressive in terms of addressing the import issues of air, soil, and water pollution. Currently, there is a plan in the works of regulating the
The San Francisco Golden Gate Exhibition 1939-1940 In 1939, the city of San Francisco hosted an international exhibition, named the Golden Gate Fair in honor of the construction by the city of the world's two largest suspension bridges, the Golden Gate and San Francisco-Oakland, which spanned the San Francisco Bay. With all the skill that could be mustered by American engineers, an island was constructed amidst the Pacific waters, becoming the largest ever manmade island. Christened Treasure Island
Jurassic Park The girl shrieks as the giant tree trunk of a leg crashes down shaking the earth. Her screams are then drowned out by the prehistoric roar of the genetically engineered Tyrannosaurus Rex as it searches for prey (Crichton, 1991). Everyone remembers this scene from the best-selling novel by Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park. These scenes were then brought to life by producer/director Steven Spielberg in the immensely popular movie by the same name. Is this possible? As technological