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Week 4 Fast & Curious Quiz: Human Evolution

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the scientific theory of evolution explain?

a)

How organisms change over generations

b)

How the first humans were created

c)

How all animals stay the same

2.

What does "Paleolithic Era" mean when broken into word parts?

a)

New stone age

b)

Old stone age

c)

Iron metal age

3.

Where were fossils of the earliest humans first discovered?

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

4.

What does it mean that humans and chimpanzees evolved from the same early ancestor?

a)

They are exactly the same species today

b)

They both came from an earlier species

c)

Humans came directly from chimpanzees

5.

Which statement describes Neanderthals and modern humans?

a)

They never lived together

b)

They both used tools and fire

c)

Only humans controlled fire

6.

How did Neanderthal bodies differ from modern humans?

a)

Neanderthals had smaller brains

b)

Neanderthals had larger faces

c)

Neanderthals walked on four legs

7.

What happened to human brain size during evolution?

a)

Brain size stayed the same

b)

Brain size got smaller

c)

Brain size tripled in size

8.

Why was walking upright important for early humans?

a)

It freed hands for tools

b)

It made them run faster

c)

It helped them climb trees

9.

How did eating cooked food affect human body development?

a)

It made digestive organs larger

b)

It allowed smaller digestive organs

c)

It had no effect

10.

What is our species name?

a)

Homo erectus

b)

Homo neanderthalensis

c)

Homo sapiens

11.

How did human bodies change in different climates?

a)

Bodies stayed exactly the same

b)

Bodies adapted to hot or cold

c)

Bodies changed only in Africa

12.

What enabled early humans to develop complex behaviors?

a)

Living in larger groups

b)

Using fire for cooking

c)

Larger, complex brains