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The History of Life on Earth

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are traces or imprints of living things that are preserved in rock?

a)

Bone

b)

Plant

c)

Fossil

d)

Footprint

2.

Where are fossils made/found?

a)

Loose dirt/sand

b)

Bedrock

c)

Metamorphic Rock

d)

Sedimentary Rock

3.

Where are newer fossils found?

a)

Towards the top layers of sedimentary rock.

b)

Towards the bottom layers of sedimentary rock.

c)

In the middle layers of sedimentary rock.

d)

Out in the open.

4.

What type of dating uses the layer of sedimentary rock that the fossil was found in?

a)

Sedimentary dating

b)

Relative dating

c)

Absolute dating

d)

Estimated dating

5.

What type of dating is used when scientists use atoms to determine the age of the fossil?

a)

Absolute dating

b)

Strict dating

c)

Atomic dating

d)

Relative dating

6.

What do we call the calendar scientists use to outline the history of life on Earth?

a)

Gregorian calendar

b)

Scientific calendar

c)

Fossil record

d)

Geological time scale

7.

True or False: An era is longer than a period

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What is it called when a species completely dies out?

a)

Evolution

b)

Speciation

c)

Extinction

d)

Endangered

9.

True or False: When a species becomes extinct, it can reappear later on.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The Earth's crust moves around on things called tectonic plates. The moving of the Earth's crusts on these tectonic plates is called the theory of _________________.

a)

Plate tectonics

b)

Pangea

c)

Continental Drift

d)

Changing Earth

11.

What is the name of the group of mammals that includes humans, monkeys, apes, and lemurs?

a)

Great apes

b)

Primates

c)

Hominids

d)

Mammalia

12.

What do all primates share in common?

a)

Binocular vision

b)

Opposable thumbs

c)

Both of these

d)

None of these

13.

What allows humans to stand upright?

a)

Larger brains

b)

Being able to use tools

c)

Smaller teeth

d)

Different bone structure

14.

True or False: Homo sapiens are the only hominids that we know of that are alive today.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Modern humans are referred to as:

a)

Homo sapiens

b)

Homo neanderthalensis

c)

Homo erectus

d)

Homo heidelbergensis

16.

What made early hominids different from other primates?

a)

Rounder skull

b)

Flatter face

c)

Smaller teeth

d)

All the these

17.

Hominids include which of the following primates?

a)

Humans

b)

Chimpanzees

c)

Orangutans

d)

All of these

18.

True or False: Earth used to be one giant piece of land called Earthicus Completicus

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Who do scientists believe is our closest living "relative"?

a)

Lemurs

b)

Monkeys

c)

Chimpanzees

d)

Gorillas