WorksheetsChapter 14 Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A type of fossil made by a thin object such as a leaf or feather is called a (an):
a)
Relative Dating
b)
Imprint
c)
Mold
d)
Cast
2.
Scientists theorize that the first organisms on Earth were probably most like archaebacteria because they:
a)
have nuclei.
b)
need oxygen.
c)
can survive very harsh conditions.
d)
have cell membranes.
3.
Using the fossil record, scientists have calculated that life probably first evolved on Earth about:
a)
3.5 million years ago.
b)
100 million years ago.
c)
3.5 billion years ago.
d)
4.6 billion years ago.
4.
What type of dating is believed to be the most accurate for determining the age of fossils?
a)
Biological Dating
b)
Geologic Dating
c)
Radioactive Dating
d)
Relative Dating
5.
Oparin's hypothesis claimed that ___________ and ____________ provided the energy for the first lifeforms to evolve on the Earth.
a)
Exercise and Lightning
b)
Food and Sunlight
c)
Salt and Water
d)
Sun and Lightning
6.
Examples of fossils include preserved:
a)
body parts.
b)
eggs.
c)
footprints.
d)
all of these.
7.
The first organisms on Earth were most like today's:
a)
bacteria.
b)
DNA molecules.
c)
eukaryotes.
d)
multi-cellular organisms
8.
The length of time required for half of the radioactive atoms to decay in a sample is its:
a)
half-life.
b)
period.
c)
radioactive date.
d)
relative date.
9.
Why did oceans not exist on the Earth nearly 4 billion years ago.
a)
No water molecules were present.
b)
There was no oxygen gas in the atmosphere.
c)
Water remained a gas because Earth was very hot.
d)
Water existed as ice because Earth was very cold.
10.
Miller and Urey’s experiments attempted to demonstrate:
a)
how Earth first formed.
b)
whether DNA or RNA evolved first.
c)
how the simplest life compounds formed.
d)
how the deepest part of Earth formed.
11.
A (An) ______________ is a period of time that lasts hundreds of millions of years.
a)
Epoch
b)
Eon
c)
Period
d)
Era
12.
A (An) ______________ is a period of time that lasts several millions of years.
a)
Epoch
b)
Eon
c)
Period
d)
Era
13.
A (An) ______________ is a period of time that lasts billions of years.
a)
Epoch
b)
Eon
c)
Period
d)
Era
14.
We are fairly confident that a meteorite/asteroid struck the Earth and Earth and killed the dinosaurs because of evidence found in the _________________.
a)
Primordial Soup
b)
Books in the library
c)
Geologic Time Scale
d)
History Channel
15.
Eukaryotic cells came to be because of the _____________________.
a)
Cambrian Explosion
b)
Endosymbiotic Theory
c)
K-T Bounday
d)
Evolutionary Impact Theory
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