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History of Earth | Common Ancestry

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What trait separates sharks from ray-finned fish?
a)
Vertebrae
b)
Bony skeleton
c)
Four limbs
d)
None
2.
What traits do crocodiles and amphibians have in common?
a)
Vertebrae and hair
b)
Four limbs and amniotic eggs
c)
Bony skeleton and vertebrae
d)
Amniotic eggs and hair
3.

Which statement is correct?

a)

Humans evolved into chimpanzees.

b)

Chimpanzees evolved into humans.

c)

Humans and chimpanzees share a common ancestor.

d)

Humans and chimpanzees are not closely related.

4.

According to the cladogram, which organism is most distantly related to the human?

a)

Crayfish

b)

Grasshopper

c)

Perch

d)

Frog

5.

A branching diagram that shows how a group of organisms might be related to each other.

a)

Phylogenetics

b)

Cladistics

c)

Cladogram

d)

Taxonomy

6.

Common ancestry can be determined by comparing similarities and differences between organisms.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

How many years passed between the extinction of dinosaurs and the appearance of the first humans?

a)

65 billion years

b)

65 million years

c)

65 thousand years

d)

65 hundred years

8.

The Earth formed ____.

a)

45 million years ago

b)

45 billion years ago

c)

4.5 million years ago

d)

4.5 billion years ago

9.
Most recently evolved trait?
a)
Amniotic egg
b)
Walking legs
c)
Jaws
d)
Hair
10.

According to this cladogram, primates share a common ancestor with ...

a)

Amphibians

b)

Rodents and rabbits

c)

Crocodiles

d)

Birds

11.

All the animals to the right of the salamander would have the common characteristic of ...

a)

Fur

b)

Claws or nails

c)

Lungs

d)

Jaws

12.

In the blank cladogram, what type of information would go on the lines labeled A?

a)

Derived characteristics

b)

Common ancestors

c)

DNA analysis

d)

Organisms

13.

In the blank cladogram, what type of information would go on the lines labeled B?

a)

Shared characteristics

b)

DNA analysis

c)

Common ancestors

d)

Organisms

14.

The first life forms on Earth were similar to ...

a)

Single cell organisms

b)

Multicellular organisms

c)

Flowering plants

d)

Dinosaurs

15.

All the animals above the hagfish would have the common characteristic of ...

a)

Fur

b)

Claws or nails

c)

Lungs

d)

Jaws

16.

Which of these animals does not have/produce an amniotic egg?

a)

Turtle

b)

Leopard

c)

Lamprey

d)

All three of these animals produce the amniotic egg

17.

A paleontologist uncovers a series of fossils in a piece of rock.


-Fossil A was found 1 meter deep.

-Fossil B was found 3 meters deep.

-Fossil C was found 4 meters deep.

-Fossil D was found 10 meters deep.


Which fossil is the oldest?

a)

Fossil A was found 1 meter deep.

b)

Fossil B was found 3 meters deep.

c)

Fossil C was found 4 meters deep.

d)

Fossil D was found 10 meters deep.

18.

The Law of ____ states that older rocks are in deeper layers and rock layers on the top are younger.

a)

Conservation

b)

Old Rocks

c)

Superposition

d)

Young Rocks

19.

Does the climate on Earth change over time?

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The Law of Superposition helps scientists to determine what?

a)

The absolute age of rock layers.

b)

The age of bones.

c)

The relative age of sedimentary rock layers.

d)

The super powers of rocks.

21.

According to the Law of Superposition, the oldest fossils are found ...

a)

At the top of the rock layers

b)

Near the bottom of the rock layers

c)

In the middle of the rock layers

22.
The single land mass that existed about 245 million years ago is named what?
a)
Fossil
b)
Pangea
c)
Bob
d)
Tectonic plates
23.

The Geologic Time Scale is a record of what?

a)

Old geologists.

b)

A list of every living thing ever.

c)

The known history of rocks and fossils.

24.
Structures that are inherited from a common ancestor are homologous.
a)
True
b)
False
25.

Humans, birds, whales, and lizards all have similar arm bones. What is the reason for this?

a)

The function of these bones is the same in all animals.

b)

They live in similar environments.

c)

They have a common ancestor.

d)

All organisms resemble humans.

26.

Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence deals with aged and identified fossils?

a)

Fossil record

b)

Comparative embryology

c)

Comparative anatomy

27.

Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence deals with comparing similar structures in various species?

a)

Fossil record

b)

Comparative embryology

c)

Comparative anatomy

28.

Embryos of chickens, fish and humans look very similar. They all have folds known as gill pouches in the neck region. What may this suggest?

a)

They all formed in the ocean.

b)

They all evolved from a common ancestor.

c)

They are all going extinct.

29.

A species is ...

a)

A type of DNA

b)

A group of different colored frogs

c)

A group of organisms that can mate with each other

30.
What traits do a lizard and a pigeon have in common?
a)
Jaws only
b)
Lungs only
c)
Jaws, lungs and claws
31.

What is comparative embryology?

a)

Compares embryos of different species, showing how all animals are related.

b)

Medical research that uses embryonic stem cells.

c)

The act of sequencing DNA of embryos.

32.

In stage one (top row) of these embryos, most of the embryos ____.

a)

look very similar

b)

have very different features

c)

show different stages of development

d)

have only a tail if they are non-human

33.

In the the third embryonic stage (bottom row), mammal embryos _____.

a)

have more characteristics in common with each other than with reptiles or birds

b)

are still hard to tell from reptiles and birds

c)

have the same features as fish, reptiles, and birds

d)

do not have tails

34.

The more similar the stages of embryonic development, the more likely that organisms share ____.

a)

a common ancestor

b)

embryos

c)

eggs

d)

embryology

35.

What stage of embryonic development is shown?

a)

The earliest stage

b)

The most advanced stage

c)

The middle stage