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Evolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which eon were prokaryotes first discovered?

a)

Headon Eon

b)

Proteriozoic Eon

c)

Palaeozoic

d)

Archean Eon

2.

How old is Earth?

a)

4.5 billion years ago

b)

4.5 million years ago

c)

4.6 billion years ago

d)

4.6 million years ago

3.
The universe is expanding!  This means that:
a)
all of the galaxies are spreading out.
b)
the universe must have started from a single point.
c)
the universe is cooling down.
d)
all of the above.
4.
The universe is ____________ years old.
a)
8.13 billion
b)

13.7 billion

c)
1.83 billion
d)
381 million
5.

Hydrogen was the first element to be formed after the big bang, because...

a)

It is the simplest element

b)

the temperature at that time was just right for hydrogen

c)

It is used as fuel for stars

d)

it was chosen completely at random

6.

350,000 years after the big bang, gravity pulled all the hydrogen atoms into big balls of gas that ignited under pressure, creating the first __________.

a)

Stars

b)

Planets

c)

Amoebas

d)

Light

7.
This experiment was conducted by the scientists:
a)
Stanley Miller and Harold Urey
b)
Harold Urey and Albert Einstine
c)
Harrison Ford and Denzel Washington
d)
James Watson and Francis Crick
8.
Which question were the scientists trying to answer with this experiment?
a)
Where do cells come from?
b)
What came first the chicken or the egg?
c)
How are biomolecules formed?
d)
What gave rise to the Eukaryotic cell?
9.
The apparatus in the experiment was used to mimic what?
a)
proteins
b)
Earth's present conditions
c)
early Earth's conditions
d)
they didn't mean to mimic anything in particular
10.
What was the result of the Miller-Urey Experiment?
a)
amino acids
b)
nucleotides
c)
lipids
d)
glucose
11.
The electrical sparks mimicked?
a)
heat waves
b)
lightening
c)
volcano
d)
hurricane
12.

Which types of organisms developed first due to the early environmental conditions on Earth? 

a)

prokaryotic and aerobic

b)

prokaryotic and anaerobic

c)

eukaryotic and aerobic

d)

eukaryotic and anaerobic

13.

Which of the following was presumably absent from Earth Early atmosphere based on the conditions present at the time?

a)

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

b)

Methane (CH4)

c)

Oxygen (O2)

d)

Water(H2O)

e)

Cyanide (CN-)

14.

These scientists proved that organic molecules formed from inorganic molecules present in the Earth’s early atmosphere when given energy from lightening.

a)

Lennon and McCartney

b)

Einstein and Newton

c)

Watson and Crick

d)

Miller and Urey

15.

What was formed in the Miller-Urey experiments?

a)

amino acids

b)

proteins

c)

living cells

d)

DNA

16.
Which type of cell came first?
a)
Eukaryotic
b)
Prokaryotic
c)
Plant
d)
Both Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells evolved around the same time
17.
Cells without a nucleus are said to be _____________________.
a)
Eukaryotic
b)
Prokaryotic
18.

Name the gases used in the Urey miller experiment

(a)  

19.

The idea that Earth's early oceans had organic molecules that became the first life is called

a)

Primordial soup

b)

Urey - miller experiment

c)

Bubble hypothesis

d)

Radioactive dating theory

20.

Which eon is known for the formation of the Earth’s Moon, following a colossal impact event, and is characterized by the planet's initial cooling and the establishment of a solid crust?

a)

Hadean Eon

b)

Archean Eon

c)

Proterozoic Eon

d)

Phanerozoic Eon