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Quiz on Earth's History and Life

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How long have modern humans been around?

a)

200,000 years

b)

2 million years

c)

500,000 years

d)

1 million years

2.

When did simple, single-celled organisms first appear in the oceans?

a)

3.8 billion years ago

b)

541 million years ago

c)

470 million years ago

d)

200,000 years ago

3.

What percentage of marine species were wiped out during the first major mass extinction event?

a)

85%

b)

50%

c)

70%

d)

95%

4.

Around what time did life begin in the 24-hour day analogy of Earth's history?

a)

4 am

b)

6 am

c)

8 am

d)

10 am

5.

When did the earliest land plants take root?

a)

470 million years ago

b)

541 million years ago

c)

3.8 billion years ago

d)

200,000 years ago

6.

What significant event occurred around 360 million years ago?

a)

The first appearance of modern humans

b)

The land was home to early four-legged animals

c)

Dinosaurs first appeared

d)

A huge asteroid crashed into Earth

7.

When did dinosaurs first appear on Earth?

a)

500 million years ago

b)

360 million years ago

c)

245 million years ago

d)

65 million years ago

8.

What event is described as taking us up to 11:40 pm in the timeline?

a)

The appearance of modern humans

b)

The extinction of dinosaurs

c)

A huge asteroid crashing into Earth

d)

The first appearance of mammals

9.

How long ago did most of the species we know today appear?

a)

500 million years ago

b)

245 million years ago

c)

65 million years ago

d)

360 million years ago

10.

What does the document suggest about human existence in the timeline of Earth's history?

a)

It spans most of Earth's history

b)

It is a brief moment in the timeline

c)

It began 500 million years ago

d)

It is the longest period in Earth's history

11.

Reorder the following

a)

earth's age is

1.

4.6 billion year

b)

age of simple, single cell organisms

2.

3.8 billion years

c)

age of Jelly fish, trillobites and fishes

3.

541 million years

d)

age of earliest land plants

4.

470 million years

e)

ist major mass extinction

5.

450 million years

12.

life began in the ocean with simple single celled organisms

a)

true

b)

false

13.

modern human have been on earth for a very long time

a)

true

b)

false

14.

four legged land animals lived

a)

360 mya

b)

3.8 bya

c)

541 mya

d)

470 mya

15.

Reorder the following events if the history of earth is protrayed in a day (24 hours)

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
16.

Reorder the following events if the history of earth is protrayed in a day (24 hours). These events happened after the first mass extinction

a)

b)

c)

d)

1)
2)
3)
4)