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From the first forms of life to the Cambrian explosion

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is referred to as a chemical soup?

a)

Mineral-rich hot water released by underwater volcanic activity.

b)

Mr Shivairo's favorite soup

c)

Ocean water full of brown algea

d)

Shallow ocean water inhabited with stromatolites

2.

What were the first forms of life?

a)

Stromatolites

b)

Bacteria

c)

Sponges

d)

Trilobites

3.

What did stromatolites do?

a)

They produced sugars.

b)

They created iron ore.

c)

They cleaned ocean water.

d)

They produced oxygen.

4.

What is photosynthesis?

a)

A new photo-editing software

b)

The respiration process of plants

c)

The production of sugars with the help of sunlight.

d)

The chemical process for developing films

5.

What is iron oxide?

a)

Iron ore

b)

Rust

c)

A special magnet

d)

Iron used for construction work

6.

What was the name of the first supercontinent?

a)

Laurasia

b)

Gondwana

c)

Pangea

d)

Rodinia

7.

What caused the formation of snowball Earth?

a)

Rock surfaces absorbed CO2.

b)

The sun did no longer shine so intensively.

c)

An meteorite collided with Earth bringing lots of ice.

d)

The increased greenhouse-effect.

8.

How did Earth get out of the snow ball state?

a)

The sun melted the ice.

b)

By volcanoes releasing CO2 into the atmosphere, creating stronger greenhouse-effect.

c)

The inside of the earth warmed up thus melting the ice.

d)

Due to meteorites bombarding the Earth.

9.

Cells with a defined nucleus are

a)

brown algea

b)

prokaryotes

c)

green algea

d)

eukaryotes

10.

How do mountains form?

a)

By continents colliding

b)

By fumaroles

c)

By volcanic activity

d)

By rocks accumulating