These quizzes accompany Prehistory 1 and Prehistory 2 ppt presentations by Robin D. Seamon

1. PREHISTORY 1
UNIT CHECKS

2. PH1 UNIT CHECK1
1. Age of the Earth according to geologists
2. How many major extinctions has Earth experienced?
3. How long does it take for biological re-diversification to
happen on Earth?
4-5. Name two supercontinents that were once on the
Earth.
6. What is the species that is able to withstand the
environmental changes and resulting mass extinctions?
They repopulate Earth.
1. Era in which we live
2. Era in which dinosaurs were dominant
3. Era in which fish and marine animals
were dominant
4. Earliest time period- only bacteria
A- Mesozoic Era
B- Paleozoic Era
C- Cenozoic Era
D- Precambrian

3. 3
1. Layered mounds and columns of calcium carbonate
(remains of ancient bacteria)
2. large reptile of the Mesozoic Era
3. ‘naked seed’, plant produces seed in cone
4. warm-blooded animal that has hair/fur & produces milk
5. flower-producing plant
6. early, extinct arthropod of the Cambrian-Paleozoic periods
7. angiosperms or gymnosperms?
8. stromatolites or single-celled organisms?
9. land dwelling plants or water plants?
10. squishy-egg producers or shelled-egg producers?
a. gymnosperm b. stromatolite c. trilobite
d. angiosperm e. dinosaur f. mammal
PH1 UNIT CHECK2
Which was first: