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Geog1 Unit 1.2 Earth's Story: Life Develops

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What percentage of Earth's surface is covered in water?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

71%

d)

99%

2.

What holds our atmosphere in place?

a)

Gravity

b)

Oxygen

c)

Carbon Dioxide

d)

The Moon

3.
What is the atmosphere?
a)
A thin layer of gases that surrounds the Earth.
b)
A thin layer of liquid that surrounds Earth.
c)
A sphere that floats in the air
4.

Cells were the only life on earth for over _________ years?

a)

20 million

b)

2 billion

c)

20 billion

d)

2 trillion

5.

Over 475 million years ago the first life moved onto land. Simlpe plants had evolved from _______.

a)

algae

b)

air

c)

oxygen

d)

aglow

6.

Around _________ years ago fish began to adapt on land using fins as legs.

a)

395 billion

b)

395 million

c)

495 billion

d)

495 million

7.

The dinosaurs appears on Earth about ____________ years ago.

a)

23 billion

b)

230 billion

c)

230 million

d)

23 million

8.

66 million years ago a _____________ struck the earth killing 75% of all living things, including the dinosaurs.

a)

planet

b)

comet

c)

asteroid

d)

an alien life form

9.

Describes a group of living things that are no longer living.

a)

fossil

b)

extinct

c)

endangered

d)

dinosaur

10.

The hardened remains of a living thing that died long ago.

a)

fossil

b)

extinct

c)

endangered

d)

minerals

11.

Why are there more animal fossils than plant fossils?

a)

Animals are smaller than plants.

b)

Plants have harder bodies than animals.

c)

Plans have softer bodies than animals.

d)

Animals eat plants.

12.

Which is an imprint fossil?

a)

bone

b)

a cast

c)

an animal track

d)

amber fossil

13.

If a scientist found a fish fossil in the desert, what can they infer?

a)

An animal ate the fish.

b)

The water covered the area long ago.

c)

Today's fish looks the same

d)

The fish is endangered.

14.

About 2 million years ago, in East Africa a species of humans, related to _______ appeared walking upright.

a)

apes

b)

humans

c)

ants

d)

raccoons

15.

Which extinction is considered the largest mass extinction in Earth's history? Basically 96% of all species on Earth disappeared.

a)

Ordovician Extinction

b)

Devonian Extinction

c)

Permian Extinction

d)

Triassic Extinction

e)

Cretaceous Extinction