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Social Studies week 2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How do scientists know that humans hunted prehistoric animals?

a)

They just guessed.

b)

They discovered stone spears that nomads used.

c)

They looked it up in books.

d)

Humans did not hunt prehistoric animals.

2.

What are the two most common dinosaurs that lived in Alabama?

a)

T Rex and brontosaurus

b)

T Rex and albertosaurus

c)

T Rex and hadrosaur

d)

albertosaurus and hadrosaur

3.

Why are there few dinosaur remains in Alabama?

a)

The remains were washed out to sea.

b)

The remains sank to the bottom of the sea.

c)

The remains were covered with mud.

d)

All of these answers are correct.

4.

In what type of rock are dinosaur remains usually found?

a)

Sand stone

b)

Lava

c)

Cretaceous rock

d)

Petrified rock

5.

Alabama has a lot of cretaceous rock.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What was the most common ancient mammal in Alabama?

a)

wooly mammoth

b)

wooly rhino

c)

giant wombat

d)

saber-toothed tiger

7.

What types of areas usually contain dinosaur remains?

a)

creek gullies

b)

new construction sites

c)

rock quarries

d)

all of the answers are correct

8.

Why are most dinosaur digs in Alabama located in a line running east to west through the counties of Dallas, Montgomery, and Russell?

a)

The line is a river.

b)

The line is a coincidence.

c)

The line was an ancient shore line.

d)

The line is the Fall Line.

9.

What is the time period between the death of the dinosaurs and the beginning of man living on the Earth called?

a)

Age of Dinosaurs

b)

Age of Aquarius

c)

Age of Man

d)

Age of Mammals

10.

Why aren't ancient mammals living today?

a)

They are living today.

b)

Scientists don't know.

c)

The dinosaurs killed them.

d)

Man killed them.

11.

List reasons why the first people to live in Alabama came to North America.

a)

They came during the Ice Age.

b)

They followed herds in their search for food.

c)

They came from Siberia.

d)

All of these answers are correct.

12.

When did the recorded Age of Man begin?

a)

6,000 years ago

b)

600 years ago

c)

60,000 years ago

d)

6 million years ago

13.

What is the approximate Age of Mammals?

a)

65 million years

b)

6 million years

c)

6,000 years

d)

60 years

14.

What are the main kinds of giant reptiles found in Alabama during the Age of Reptiles?

a)

Dinosaurs which lived on land.

b)

Plesiosaur which lived in the sea.

c)

Pterosaur which flew in the sky.

d)

All of these answers are correct.

15.

When a creature no longer exists on Earth, it is said to be ______.

a)

endangered

b)

in trouble

c)

dead

d)

extinct