Science Quiz

What is the science that we will be exploring for the next 12 weeks?

• Chemistry

• Physics

• Ecology

• Geology

What event is considered the most significant extinction event on the planet?

• Jurassic Extinction Event

• Permian-Triassic Extinction Event

• Cambrian Explosion

• Ordovician Extinction Event

Which type of organisms probably made their grand entrance between 3.9 and 3.5 billion years ago?

• Prokaryotes

• Eukaryotes

• Dinosaurs

• Mammals

What is the name of the first genetic material that was probably present in the first living things on Earth?

• DNA

• RNA

• Protein

• Carbohydrate

What is the process by which eukaryotes probably evolved by one prokaryote parasitizing another?

• Photosynthesis

• Meiosis

• Endosymbiosis

• Mitosis

What event is known as the 'oxygen revolution'?

• Cambrian Explosion

• Permian-Triassic Extinction Event

• Archaean Eon

• Increase in atmospheric oxygen by cyanobacteria

What is the name of the first plants with seeds like modern pines and spruces?

• Gymnosperms

• Angiosperms

• Ferns

• Mosses

Which period was characterized by the forests that made all our fossil fuels like coal and oil?

• Jurassic Period

• Carboniferous Period

• Devonian Period

• Permian Period

What is the name of the first living things on Earth that were probably just a collection of chemicals surrounded by a membrane?

• Dinosaurs

• Mammals

• Eukaryotes

• Prokaryotes

What is the name of the first major instance of living things bringing massive change to their own environment?

• Oxygen Revolution

• Archaean Eon

• Permian-Triassic Extinction Event

• Cambrian Explosion