WorksheetsThe History of Life on Earth
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
What are traces or imprints of living things that are preserved in rock?
Bone
Plant
Fossil
Footprint
Where are fossils made/found?
Loose dirt/sand
Bedrock
Metamorphic Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Where are newer fossils found?
Towards the top layers of sedimentary rock.
Towards the bottom layers of sedimentary rock.
In the middle layers of sedimentary rock.
Out in the open.
What type of dating uses the layer of sedimentary rock that the fossil was found in?
Sedimentary dating
Relative dating
Absolute dating
Estimated dating
What type of dating is used when scientists use atoms to determine the age of the fossil?
Absolute dating
Strict dating
Atomic dating
Relative dating
What do we call the calendar scientists use to outline the history of life on Earth?
Gregorian calendar
Scientific calendar
Fossil record
Geological time scale
True or False: An era is longer than a period
True
False
What is it called when a species completely dies out?
Evolution
Speciation
Extinction
Endangered
True or False: When a species becomes extinct, it can reappear later on.
True
False
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 _________________.
Plate tectonics
Pangea
Continental Drift
Changing Earth
What is the name of the group of mammals that includes humans, monkeys, apes, and lemurs?
Great apes
Primates
Hominids
Mammalia
What do all primates share in common?
Binocular vision
Opposable thumbs
Both of these
None of these
What allows humans to stand upright?
Larger brains
Being able to use tools
Smaller teeth
Different bone structure
True or False: Homo sapiens are the only hominids that we know of that are alive today.
True
False
Modern humans are referred to as:
Homo sapiens
Homo neanderthalensis
Homo erectus
Homo heidelbergensis
What made early hominids different from other primates?
Rounder skull
Flatter face
Smaller teeth
All the these
Hominids include which of the following primates?
Humans
Chimpanzees
Orangutans
All of these
True or False: Earth used to be one giant piece of land called Earthicus Completicus
True
False
Who do scientists believe is our closest living "relative"?
Lemurs
Monkeys
Chimpanzees
Gorillas
