Pre Test History of Life on Earth

the information about Earth's history that can be gathered from fossils

• fossil record

• continental drift

• supercontinent

• mass extinction

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

describes a species of animals that once lived on Earth but which no longer exists

• extinct

• endangered species

• invasive species

• native species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Cyanobacteria changed the early Earth's atmosphere by giving off...

• carbon dioxide

• ammonia

• hydrogen

• oxygen

Eukaryotes may have descended from...

• eubacteria

• archaebacteria

• cyanobacteria

• none of the above

All the living things on Earth today are grouped into...

• three kingdoms

• four kingdoms

• five kingdoms

• six kingdoms

Determining the age of a rock by comparing relative proportions of its radioactive isotopes is called...

• radioactive decay

• radiometric dating

• isotope dating

• half lives

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

The first step toward cellular organization may have been the gathering of amino acids into...

• macromolecules

• coacervates

• microspheres

• DNA molecules

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NGSS.HS-LS1-6

Organisms were able to live safely on dry land after...

• cyanobacteria made oxygen, and ozone began to form

• the fifth mass extinction

• continental drift stopped

• archaebacteria made oxygen, and ozone began to form

These were the first to lay eggs with shells.

(a)  

Which of the following enabled the formation of true cells?

• the ozone layer

• heredity

• microspheres

• endosymbiosis