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WorksheetsEarth's History Part 1
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Fossils are...
a)
mineral replacements
b)
preserved remains
c)
traces or organisms
d)
all of the above
2.
The collection of fossils and their placement in chronological order is known as the...
a)
Paleozoic Era
b)
Fossil Record
c)
Amber
d)
Paleontologist
3.
Thousands of layers of ___________ provide evidence about the history of the Earth AND the changes of the organisms whose remains are found in those layers.
a)
Metamorphic Rock
b)
Sedimentary Rock
c)
Igneous Rock
d)
All Types of Rock
4.
What can cause gaps in the fossil record?
a)
Destruction of Fossils
b)
Ice Ages
c)
Climate Change
d)
Moon Phases
5.
What environmental conditions favor fossil formation?
a)
Rapid Burial in Marine Environments
b)
Flash Floods
c)
Volcanic Ash
d)
All of the Above
6.
Fossils can show the structural similarities and differences in organisms over time revealing...
a)
What type of rock it came from
b)
diversity of life forms from the past and present
c)
no diversity ever
d)
None of the above
7.
What can help us understand the diversity of life that has been present on Earth?
a)
How a volcano erupts
b)
The theory of plate tectonics
c)
Anatomical Similarities and Differences between various organisms
d)
Minerals and their properties
8.
Comparison between living organisms and fossils also allow the scientists to make ___________ about the lines of descent.
a)
fossil record
b)
observations
c)
inferences
d)
None of the above
9.
Not all types of organisms that existed in the past have left fossils that can be retrieved because...
a)
conditions were not favorable for preservation
b)
They had soft body parts that leave no fossil
c)
scavenger or decomposer got to the remains
d)
ALL are correct
10.
Which body part will form a fossil if buried quickly and deeply?
a)
muscle
b)
fat
c)
skin
d)
teeth
11.
Which would not form a fossil if buried quickly and deeply?
a)
teeth
b)
bones
c)
skin
d)
shells
12.
What replaces the tissue that deteriorates when an organism is fossilized?
a)
bacteria
b)
minerals
c)
sand
d)
none of these
13.
Very few living things are preserved long enough after death to become fossils.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
What is the correct order of these time spans from largest to smallest?
a)
Eon, Era, Epoch, Period
b)
Epoch, Eon, Era, Period
c)
Epoch, Period, Era, Eon
d)
Eon, Era, Period, Epoch
15.
Which list shows the four time spans in order from oldest to youngest.
a)
Precambrian Time, Paleozoic Era, Mesozoic Era, Cenozoic Era
b)
Mesozoic Era, Precambrian time, Cenozoic Era, Paleozoic Era
c)
Paleozoic Era, Mesozoic Era, Precambrian Time, Cenozoic
16.
Paleozoic is an example of_________.
a)
an epoch
b)
an era
c)
a period
d)
an eon
17.
What type of rock do fossils form in?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Classic
18.
1. An organism must have lived only during a short part of Earth’s history;
2. many fossils of the organism must be found in rock layers;
3. the fossil must be found over a wide area of Earth;
4. the organism must be unique.
These are the characteristics of what kind of fossil?
2. many fossils of the organism must be found in rock layers;
3. the fossil must be found over a wide area of Earth;
4. the organism must be unique.
These are the characteristics of what kind of fossil?
a)
Trace Fossil
b)
Carbon Film Fossil
c)
Index Fossil
d)
Mold and Cast Fossils
19.
What means the age of one object compared to the age of another object?
a)
Half-Life
b)
Absolute Age
c)
Relative Age
d)
Index fossil
20.
What name was given to the earliest span of time in Earth's History?
a)
Cenozoic Era
b)
Mesozoic Era
c)
Paleozoic Era
d)
PreCambrian
21.
Which era began with early invertebrates (trilobites), early fish, spiders and insects. Early land plants, like mosses, ferns, and cone-bearing plants?
a)
Cenozoic Era
b)
Mesozoic Era
c)
Paleozoic Era
22.
Which era did reptiles, including dinosaurs, dominate, small mammals and birds appeared, flowering plants appeared?
a)
Cenozoic Era
b)
Mesozoic Era
c)
Paleozoic Era
23.
Which era did new larger mammals appear, flowering plants became common, the diversity of life forms increase and Humans arrive on the scene.
a)
Cenozoic Era
b)
Mesozoic Era
c)
Paleozoic Era
24.
The super-continent Pangea was formed during which era?
a)
Cenozoic Era
b)
Mesozoic Era
c)
Paleozoic Era
25.
Which era is the super continent of Pangaea start to break up into several large continents?
a)
Cenozoic Era
b)
Mesozoic Era
c)
Paleozoic Era
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