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WSC 2023 Science and Tech Introduction

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Give one way to learn about / study history

4 lines
2.

Which film series focuses on recreation of extinct species?

a)

Jurassic Park

b)

Fantastic Beasts

c)

Lord of the Rings

d)

Despicable Me

3.

The study of preserved plant evidence from archaeological sites is....

a)

paleontology

b)

archaeobotany

c)

excavation

d)

plantology

4.

The interpretation of the past from outside the archaeological science community, which rejects the accepted data gathering and analytical methods of the discipline.

a)

Xenoarchaeology

b)

Astrobiology

c)

Anomalous Phenomenarchaeology

d)

Pseudoarchaeology

5.

When did aurochs become extinct?

a)

500BC

b)

1600s

c)

1800s

d)

1200s

6.

The auroch was a wild animal of which species?

(a)  

7.

Where is Shanidar?

a)

Iraq

b)

Iran

c)

Tibet

d)

Turkey

8.

what does 'post-mortem' mean?

a)

before death

b)

facial reconstruction

c)

mortuary

d)

after death

9.

How did the scientists in Jurassic Park create the dinosaurs?

a)

blood from a mosquito preserved in ice

b)

blood from a mosquito preserved in amber

c)

DNA from dinosaur fossils

d)

Hatching a fossilised dinosaur egg

10.

Why can scientists today not recreate dinosaurs?

a)

it's too dangerous

b)

not enough DNA for a whole genome

c)

they have no living relatives

d)

cloning has been internationally banned