Evolution 6

Choose the incorrect pair.

• Invertebrates were formed and active – By 500 mya

• Seaweeds existed – Around 320 mya

• First organisms that invaded land – Single-celled animals

• Fish with stout and strong fins – Around 350 mya

Name the animal that evolved into the first probable amphibians and lived on both land and water.

• Whale

• Coelacanth (lobefins)

• Amphioxus

• Balanoglossus

There was no life in

• Cenozoic era

• Mesozoic era

• Palaeozoic era

• Azoic era

Which period in geological time scale is considered the golden era of fish?

• Mississippian

• Silurian

• Devonian

• Jurassic

Giant dinosaurs and reptiles predominated during the Jurassic period. This period was also marked for the evolution of higher insects and angiosperms, conifers, cycads, etc. Jurassic period belongs to which era?

• Cenozoic

• Palaeozoic

• Mesozoic

• Proterozoic

During which period did the first seed plant appear?

• Silurian

• Devonian

• Carboniferous

• Cretaceous

The Cenozoic era is often designated as

• age of fish

• age of reptiles

• age of mammals

• age of amphibians

In which era Protozoa, sponge and algae originate?

• Cenozoic era

• Azoic era

• Proterozoic era

• Mesozoic era

Which of the following is an extinct animal?

• Protopterus

• Equus

• Archaeopteryx

• Columba

Mesozoic era is called the age of

• fishes

• amphibians

• reptiles

• birds