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