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The History of Life-Life Sciences

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The earth was formed how many years ago?

a)

450 billion years ago

b)

45 billion years ago

c)

4,5 billion years ago

d)

405 billion years ago

2.

A Geological Time Scale is divided into ...

a)

eons, eras & fossils

b)

eons, permians & periods

c)

eons, eras & periods

3.

In which period did major groups of animals suddenly appeared?

a)

Devonian

b)

Permian

c)

Cambrian

4.

The most recent eon.

a)

Phanerozoic

b)

Archean

c)

Cambrian

5.

A transition fossil that has both reptile and bird features.

a)

African Apes

b)

Archaeopteryx

c)

Dinosaurs

6.

Large reptiles that became extinct about 65 million years ago.

a)

African Apes

b)

Archaeopteryx

c)

Dinosaurs

7.

The movement of land masses during the history of the Earth.

a)

Ice ages

b)

Continental drift

c)

Cambrian explosion

8.

The person who studies fossils is called ...

a)

an archaeologist

b)

an anthropologist

c)

a paleontologist

9.

A period in the earth's history where global temperatures decreased and there was glaciation is known as ...

a)

an ice age

b)

the greenhouse effect

c)

a cold spell

10.

The Phanerozoic eon is divided into how many eras?

a)

3

b)

7

c)

5

11.

Which one is the longest ime periods?

a)

periods

b)

eons

c)

eras

12.

The Earth used to be one land mass or called ...

a)

Gondwanaland

b)

Pangaea

c)

Laurasia

13.

The remains of once living things that are usually preserved in rocks.

a)

Fossils

b)

Dinosaurs

c)

Biogeography