Chapter 14:
The History of Life
Practice Test
1.
Miller and Urey performed experiments to __________.
a.
confirm atmospheric gases
b.
test Oparin`s hypothesis
c.
find early forms of life
d.
make cells
Hint
2.
Fossilized resin of ancient trees is called __________.
a.
preservation
b.
petrification
c.
insect fossils
d.
amber
Hint
3.
Scientists who study fossil evidence of ancient life are __________.
a.
geologists
b.
paleontologists
c.
anthropologists
d.
primatologists
Hint
4.
If an organism decays to form an empty space that is then filled to the exact shape of the organism, a(n) __________ is formed.
a.
cast fossil
b.
petrified fossil
c.
imprint fossil
d.
mold fossil
Hint
5.
Scientists theorize that Earth is ___________ years old.
a.
5000
b.
1.5 billion
c.
15 billion
d.
4.6 billion
Hint
6.
If water penetrates the hard parts of a dead organism, minerals may eventually make a(n) __________.
a.
trace fossil
b.
petrified fossil
c.
cast
d.
imprint
Hint
7.
The evidence of organisms that have lived in the past are called __________.
a.
fossils
b.
vestigial organs
c.
metamorphic rocks
d.
paleontology
Hint
8.
Alexander Oparin proposed that life originated __________.
a.
in early freshwater ponds
b.
on seashores
c.
on mudflats
d.
in the early oceans
Hint
9.
If geological movement of the continents continues as it apparently has done for more than 200 million years, East Asia will collide with __________.
a.
Eastern Europe
b.
Africa
c.
Western North Africa
d.
India
Hint
10.
Events that had a large impact on life in the Mesozoic era resulted from __________.
a.
glaciation
b.
abiogenesis
c.
plate tectonics
d.
biogenesis
Hint
11.
The theory that life comes from other forms of life is called __________.
a.
biogenesis
b.
pangenesis
c.
genesis
d.
abiogenesis
Hint
12.
Evidence of vertebrate life first appears in the fossil record at the __________ of the __________ era.
a.
beginning ; Cenozoic
b.
beginning ; Precambrian
c.
beginning ; Paleozoic
d.
end ; Mesozoic
Hint
13.
The fossil record indicates that a mass extinction of the dinosaurs took place at the end of the __________ period.
a.
Mesozoic
b.
Cenozoic
c.
Cretaceous
d.
Tertiary
Hint
14.
Pangaea began to break up about __________.
a.
2.25 million years ago
b.
225 billion years ago
c.
225 million years ago
d.
225 000 years ago
Hint
15.
A dating technique using layers of sedimentary rock is called __________.
a.
sedimentary dating
b.
isometric dating
c.
relative dating
d.
radiometric dating
Hint
