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WorksheetsGR5 SS Earliest People & Locating Places on Earth
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 20mins
Process of change by which modern humans evolved from our early ancestors over millions of years
Graduation
Punctuation
Evolution
history
Our ancestors were___________ like creatures
chimpanzee
ape
monkey
animal
Ape-like creatures were called
Homoerectus
Homohabilis
Homo sapiens
Hominids
The first hominids appeared on earth _________ million years ago
3
4
2
5
Where did Hominids live?
Treetops & Caves
Caves & dens
huts and boats
none of the given
Scientific study of human evolution is called
Archaeology
Anthropology
Evolution
Paleoanthropology
Homosapiens means
religious man
holy man
wise man
mad man
Successive periods in human pre-history from earliest to latest are -
Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age
Water age, Fire Age, Air age
Stone Age, Iron Age, Bronze Age
Bronze Age, Stone Age, Iron Age
Hardened remains of prehistoric plants and animals are called
Skeletons
Archaeology
fossils
mummy
which of the following is a source of history
Stone tools
Cave painting
Fossils
all of the above
__________ was used in pre-historic cave paintings
asian paints
blood
plant and rock pigments
crayons
__________ was used to make tools in pre-historic period
Glass
Graphite
Flint
Iron
Early humans were hunter-gatherers -
Which was the first Hominid fossil to be discovered?
Lucky
Lucy
Barbie
Donald
Who discovered Lucy - the hominid?
Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck
Donald Trump & Tom Hanks
Donald Johanson & Tom Gray
Hader & Beatles
What was "Lucy" the hominid fossil named after?
Song
Play
Novel
Sport
Which song was Lucy the hominid named after?
Lucy in the galaxy with emeralds
Lucy in the sky with stars
Lucy in the Milky Way with cows
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
What were the tools used for, in pre-historic period?
to cut meat and bone
scrape bark of trees, animal skin
to chop fruits & roots
All of the above
We all have descended from ______________
Birds
Ancestors
Dinosaurs
from another planet
Homo erectus is known as .......
upright/erect man
crafty man
handy man
dwarf man
Homo Erectus could walk straight?
The early humans that appeared on earth were Homo erectus?
Hominids wandered from place to place in search of more people like them
Hominids had a firm grip
How do we learn about animals in pre-historic period?
cave paintings
pre-historic books
both of the above
none of the above
The very first rools were pieces of
plastic
stone
wood
glass
Lucy was a painting
Latitudes & Longitudes are __________ lines
dark
real
imaginary
dotted
Raghav went to his village and was walking in an open field. He can see the Latitudes and Longitudes on the ground.
Latitudes are perpendicular to the Equator
Latitudes run from _______ to _______
West to East
North to South
East to West
South to North
Latitudes are parallel to each other
Equator is the shortest Latitude
Latitudes are at a difference of 1 degree from each previous or successive latitude
In a hemisphere the length of latitudes
remains same
changes randomly
increases as we move from the pole to the equator
increases as we move from the equator to the pole
The hemisphere to the north of the Equator is called the North Pole
Lines of latitudes are labelled in
cm
metre
degrees
celcius
Equator is the 180 degree latitude
Equator lies in the southern hemisphere
The equator passes through southern India
The parallel of latitude 20° S lies at the South Pole
The total number of latitudes are
180
190
181
infinite
The North Pole is a flattened end of earth and is the 90° N parallel of latitude
An important parallel of latitude that passes through India is
Tropic of Capricorn
Equator
Tropic of Mumbai
Tropic of Cancer
All longitudes are of different lengths
Longitudes are known as Meridians as mermaids stay there
Name the states in India through which , the Tropic of Cancer passes through
Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh,
Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana , West Bengal, Manipur
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana
Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Tripura, Mizoram
The total number of longitudes are in each hemisphere are
181
180
90
360
The equator divides the Earth into eastern and western hemispheres
The total number of longitudes are
360
120
180
90
The important meridian/s are
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
Equator
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
North Pole
South Pole
Latitudes and longitudes form a network called
graph
grid
both
none
We can locate a place on the map or globe if we know the degrees of latitude
Ante Meridian means the time at noon
Post Meridien means post sunset
Longitudes help in calculating
temperature
time
weight
mass
Time difference between two consecutive longitudes is ___
1 minute
240 seconds
4 minutes
both 240 seconds and 4 minutes
Rekha is travelling from 60°E longitude to 61°E longitude , so the time on 61°E will be 4 minutes______ of 60°E longitude
ahead
behind
2 minutes ahead
2 minutes behind
When we cross to the EAST of the international date line we add a day
When we cross to the WEST of the international date line we subtract a day
I am at the international date line and I am walking towards east. I crossed 3 longitudes on my way. If it is 4 pm at the international date line what will be the time at the location at the 3rd Longitude I crossed.
3.12 pm
4:12 pm
16:16 hrs
16:14 hrs
I am travelling west of a point on Longitude 10° W, and the local time at the starting point is 4 pm. At which longitude will I be 20 minutes later.
20° W
20° E
15° W
15° E
If it is 6 am at the Prime Meridian, what time is it at 30°E Longitude?
8 am
7 am
6 am
7:30 am
The Earth rotates 360 degrees in 24 hours, meaning it rotates _________ degrees in one hour.
45
15
30
60
The Tropic of Cancer is located at ________ latitude
23 1/2 ° N
23 1/2 ° S
66 1/2 ° N
66 1/2 ° S
