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WorksheetsHistory of Life Unit 2.1 Test Review
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 26mins
What is the approximate age of the Earth?
4.5 thousand years
4.5 million years
4.5 billion years
4.5 trillion years
Which explains why oxygen was absent from Earth's early atmosphere?
excess heat converted atmospheric oxygen into other gases
oxygen chemically combined with newly formed rocks
photosynthesizing organism such as plants had not yet appeared
volcanic gases suppressed the natural production of oxygen
Which gas most likely was not part of Earth's early atmosphere?
carbon dioxide
hydrogen cyanide
nitrogen
oxygen
What is the name of the first eon in Earth's history?
cenozoic era
mesozoic era
paleozoic era
precambrian
During which time period of Earth's history did mammals become more abundant on land?
tertiary period
jurassic period
mesozoic era
precambrian
Which time period did dinosaurs first emerge in?
Jurassic
Triassic
Precambrian
Paleozoic era
Preserved the body parts of a mosquito in tree sap is called what type of fossil?
amber fossil
cast fossil
petrified fossil
mold fossil
Created an impression of an extinct trilobite.
amber fossil
cast fossil
trace fossil
petrified fossil
Preserved a line formed in wet sand by a dinosaur dragging its tail.
amber fossil
trace fossil
mold fossil
petrified fossil
A tree trunk that has slowly been filled in with minerals such as calcium, petrifying the wood.
amber fossil
cast fossil
mold fossil
petrified fossil
Which of the following best describes the Paleozoic era?
no life emerges during this time
the first life emerges on land
living things becoming nonliving
fish leave the sea
Which era does the Earth form and the first life forms appear?
mesozoic era
cenozoic era
precambrian
Mammals appear in which period?
silurian
devonian
triassic
Humans appear during which period?
quarternary
cretaceous
permian
A scientist who travels to Argentina to explore a field of newly discovered dinosaur bones is called ___________.
geologic time scale
paleontologist
biologist
biogenesis
A one million-year-old layer of sandstone lying on top of a 1.5 million-year-old layer of granite is an example of the _________________.
geologic time scale
law of superposition
biogenesis
paleontologist
The model that expresses the major geological and biological events during Earth's history is called the ____________.
paleontologist
geologic time scale
law of superposition
biogenesis
What geologic time period are we currently in?
geologic time scale
law of superposition
quarternary period
paleontologist
Which describes what scientists think the conditions of Earth were like 4.5 billion years ago?
liquid rocks with no atmosphere being bombarded with radation
molten planet surrounded by a thick atmosphere of toxic gases
think-rock crust surrounding a molten core with a thin atmosphere
volcanic landscape surrounding a molten core with no atmosphere
Which was the original source of atmospheric oxygen?
photosynthetic bacteria
cooling of Earth's crust
formation of the oceans
volcanoes
Which fossil will reveal the skin color of a 90 million year old frog?
amber fossil
cast fossil
mold fossil
petrified fossil
A mass extinction that included the disappearance of dinosaur species occurred during which period?
triassic
cretaceous
jurassic
precambrian
Most scientists agree that...
all living things today share common ancestry with earlier and simpler life-forms.
bacteria is younger than humans
the sea could not support life
dinosaurs are still living
What are radioactive isotopes?
CO2
unstable isotopes
decaying organic matter
stable elements like oxygen
Preserved evidence of an organism is called ________.
Paleontologist
fossil
periods
Pasteur
The use of radioactive potassium-40 to date a granite rock fragment is called _______.
plate tectonics
Pasteur
radiometric dating
periods
Eras are divided into lengths of time called _________.
periods
Pasteur
plate tectonics
fossil
The theory that the continents are drifting on large plates across Earth's surface is called ____________.
plate tectonics
Paleontologist
periods
fossil
Where did the gases that make up the atmosphere most likely come from?
volcanoes
the sea
space
paleontologists
