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WorksheetsHistory of Life
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
In it’s young age, scientists believe that Earth was a made of what?
Water & Sand
Aliens
Mangoes & Papayas
Molten body with volcanic
features.
What was Earth's early atmosphere like?
Greenhouse Gasses
Rainbows & Lollipops
The same way it is now.
Nobody is certain.
Where can we find clues about what Earth was like in the beginning and what species lived during that time?
Rocks
Blood
Water
Air
To find out when the first organisms formed, scientists study what?
AP Human Notes
Fossils
Chickens
Chemicals
Do Most Organisms Leave Fossils?
Yes
No
Maybe
A scientist who studies fossils is called what?
Archaeologist
Biochemist
Paleontologist
Physical Therapist
What is relative dating?
Determines age of rocks by comparing
them to rocks in other sediment layers.
Dating your Ex twice in a row.
Determines the age of bones by comparing them to bones in other continents.
No clue...gotta study!
What is radiometric dating?
Radiating your partner till they give you answers.
Determines the age of rocks by using the decay of radioactive isotopes in the rocks.
You know what...I'm gonna take a nap.
Determines the age of bones by using the decay of radioactive isotopes in the bones.
What is the Theory of Biogenesis?
Biodegradable products are good for the environment!
I'm gonna get a 100% on this Test
ONLY living organisms produce living organisms (Pasteur’s Experiment)
(Jeopardy Theme Song)
Scientists do not know the early steps that led to life on Earth. They must continue to ask questions, test theories and evaluate new evidence as they seek to understand answers about the origin of life.
True
False
What is spontaneous
generation?
Life from Non-life (Do you remember Redi’s Experiment ?)
(Yawn...)
Crickets are delicious.
IT'S #1!
What is the primordial soup hypothesis?
I'm tired...
Suggests that life began in the cream of tomato.
Suggest that life began in a water body because of a combination of chemicals from the atmosphere and some form of energy to lipids, which would then evolve into all the species.
Suggest that life began in a water body because of a combination of chemicals from the atmosphere and some form of energy to make amino acids, which would then evolve into all the species.
