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WorksheetsSS 1.1 The Distant Past
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
-Vocabulary-
preserved remains of ancient human, animal, or plant
Fossil
Evidence
Prehistory
What are the three ways fossils and artifacts dated?
(check/select three)
Comparing
Radioactive
DNA
Smelling
Tasting
Why do scientists look for fossils and artifacts?
For Fun
Find Out How People Lived in the Past
To Become Rich
To Collect Items for a Museum
Most scientist beleive that the beginning of civilizaion started in...
Africa
Australia
North America
What did Donald Johanson name his discovery? (clue: the name came a Beatles song.)
Lucy
Larry
Fred
Juju
So far the oldest skeletal fossil is?
"Lucy" from 3.2 million years ago
"Ardi" 4.4 from millions years ago
"humanlike skull" from 7 million years ago
Why do many scientists believe that human life bagan in Africa?
Because of...
how many skeleton bones they've found ther.
the written records they've found there.
the age of skeleton bones they've found there.
the size of the skeleton bones they've found there.
These people hunted animals and gathered plants
Hunter-Gatherers
Anthropologists
Geologists
Archaeologists
Which scientist studies the physical materials of Earth, like soil and rocks?
Archaeologists
Mrs. Kenison
Geologists
Which items did Early Humans use to make tools?
(select all that apply)
Stone
Plastic
Metal
Bones
Antlers
-True or False-
Over time, toolmakers became better and more skillful at making tools.
True
False
-Vocabulary-
time before written records
Prehistory
Fossil
Evidence
-Vocabulary-
information used to prove something
Evidence
Artifact
Hunter-Gatherer
-Vocabulary-
Scientist who studies human life in the past by examning the things that people left behind
Hunter-Gatherer
Archaeologist
Artifact
-Vocabulary-
object made by a human being
Prehistory
Fossil
Artifact
Evidence
What were hunter-gatherers able to do with fire
(select ALL that apply)
Have light on dark nights
Cook meat & plants
Protection: to scare off animals
Live in cold places
To speak with others
