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human evolution quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT a unique trait that evolved in humans?

a)

Bipedalism

b)

A large cranium

c)

Canine Teeth

d)

Use of tools

2.
About 96% of the information in human DNA is found in gorilla DNA. This evidence supports which statement?
a)
Humans evolved from gorillas.
b)
Gorillas and humans diverged from a common ancestor.
c)
As gorillas evolve, they will become more similar to humans.
d)
Gorillas and humans are too different for meaningful genetic comparisons.
3.

Which of the following environmental factors is the reason that bipedalism evolved in early hominins?

a)

Bipedalism evolved when the environment changed from grassland to rainforest.

b)

Bipedalism evolved when the environment changed from rainforest to grassland.

c)

Bipedalism evolved when the environment was constantly cycling between different climates in a short period of time.

d)

Bipedalism evolved because early homins moved out of Africa into a new region.

4.

Which of the following environmental factors is the reason that large brains evolved in early hominins?

a)

Large brains evolved when the environment changed from grassland to rainforest.

b)

Large brains evolved when the environment changed from rainforest to grassland.

c)

Large brains evolved when the environment was constantly cycling between different climates in a short period of time.

d)

Large brains evolved because early homins moved out of Africa into a new region.

5.

Why was bipedalism helpful to hominins that lived in grasslands?

a)

Bipedalism helped hominins travel long distances because they used less energy than apes to walk.

b)

Bipedalism made hominins better able to climb trees.

c)

Bipedalism allowed hominins to use all four limbs to get around.

d)

Bipedalism helped hominins to swim in large lakes that started to appear in Africa.

6.

Why do humans have longer childhoods than apes?

a)

Apes have bodies that grow at a faster rate than humans and so they need less time to become an adult.

b)

Humans are less mature than apes so their brains take longer to develop.

c)

Human bodies are smaller than apes which means they need more time to develop.

d)

Human brains are more complex and take longer to develop than ape brains.

7.

What part of the early hominin skeleton tells us that humans were able to use tools better than apes?

a)

Humans have a wider thumb bone. This shows that they can handle tools more easily than apes.

b)

Humans have opposable thumbs and apes do not.

c)

There is no evidence on the hominin skeleton that shows hominins used tools.

d)

Apes hands are too big to hold small tools.

8.

The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.

a)

Ice Age

b)

Agricultural Revolution

c)

Neolithic

d)

Paleolithic

9.

Movement of people from one place to another.

a)

Neolithic

b)

Domestication

c)

Civilization

d)

Migration

10.

A period of extremely cold temperatures when part of the planet's surface was covered with massive ice sheets.

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Agricultural Revolution

c)

Ice Age

d)

Neolithic