WorksheetsEvolution 6
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Choose the incorrect pair.
Invertebrates were formed and active – By 500 mya
Seaweeds existed – Around 320 mya
First organisms that invaded land – Single-celled animals
Fish with stout and strong fins – Around 350 mya
Name the animal that evolved into the first probable amphibians and lived on both land and water.
Whale
Coelacanth (lobefins)
Amphioxus
Balanoglossus
There was no life in
Cenozoic era
Mesozoic era
Palaeozoic era
Azoic era
Which period in geological time scale is considered the golden era of fish?
Mississippian
Silurian
Devonian
Jurassic
Giant dinosaurs and reptiles predominated during the Jurassic period. This period was also marked for the evolution of higher insects and angiosperms, conifers, cycads, etc. Jurassic period belongs to which era?
Cenozoic
Palaeozoic
Mesozoic
Proterozoic
During which period did the first seed plant appear?
Silurian
Devonian
Carboniferous
Cretaceous
The Cenozoic era is often designated as
age of fish
age of reptiles
age of mammals
age of amphibians
In which era Protozoa, sponge and algae originate?
Cenozoic era
Azoic era
Proterozoic era
Mesozoic era
Which of the following is an extinct animal?
Protopterus
Equus
Archaeopteryx
Columba
Mesozoic era is called the age of
fishes
amphibians
reptiles
birds
The most recent era in geological time scale is
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
Palaeozoic
Proterozoic
The correct order of evolutionary scale is
Palaeozoic → Archaeozoic → Cenozoic
Archaeozoic → Palaeozoic → Proterozoic
Palaeozoic → Mesozoic → Cenozoic
Mesozoic → Archaeozoic → Proterozoic
First dinosaurs and first egg-laying mammals originated in
Jurassic period
Triassic period
Permian period
Cambrian period
Choose the incorrectly matched pair.
Reptiles — Thick-shelled eggs which do not dry up
Tyrannosaurus rex — Fish like reptile
Dinosaurs — May be evolved into birds
Continental drift — South America joined North-America
The first viviparous mammals whose fossils are small-sized were like
shrews
monkeys
rats
lobefins
In which epoch, only modern humans prevail?
Pleiostocene
Holocene
Pliocene
Miocene
Which phenomena confined the pouched mammals to Australia they survived because of lack of competition from any other mammals?
Continental origination
Continental shifting
Continental drift
Continental evolution
