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Chapter Chapter 15: Tracing Evolutionary History
 
Activities Quiz
 

1 .       Reptiles first appeared during the _____ era. (Activity 15A) [Hint]

 Paleozoic
 Triassic
 Mesozoic
 Cenozoic
 Jurassic
2 .       Seed plants first appeared during the _____ era. (Activity 15A) [Hint]

 Paleozoic
 Triassic
 Mesozoic
 Cenozoic
 Jurassic
3 .       The _____ era is the era during which we live. (Activity 15A) [Hint]

 Tertiary
 Cenozoic
 Paleozoic
 Quaternary
 Mesozoic
4 .       The first prokaryotic cells appeared during the _____ era. (Activity 15A) [Hint]

 Jurassic
 Tertiary
 Paleozoic
 Ediacaran
 Precambrian
5 .       Dinosaurs went extinct during the _____ era. (Activity 15A) [Hint]

 Devonian
 Precambrian
 Mesozoic
 Cenozoic
 Carboniferous
6 .       Animals first appeared during the _____ era. (Activity 15A) [Hint]

 Mesozoic
 Quaternary
 Precambrian
 Neogene
 Cenozoic
7 .       _____ were the dominant vertebrate life form during the Paleozoic era. (Activity 15A) [Hint]

 Amphibians
 Reptiles
 Sponges
 Dinosaurs
 Mammals
8 .       The Cenozoic era began approximately _____ million years ago. (Activity 15A) [Hint]

 4,600
 570
 245
 65
 25
9 .       Life arose during the _____ era. (Activity 15A) [Hint]

 Precambrian
 Cenozoic
 Triassic
 Paleozoic
 Mesozoic
10 .       _____ were the dominant vertebrate life form during the Mesozoic era. (Activity 15A) [Hint]

 Dinosaurs
 Mammals
 Fish
 Birds
 Amphibians
11 .       Flowering plants first appeared during the _____ era. (Activity 15A) [Hint]

 Devonian
 Precambrian
 Mesozoic
 Cenozoic
 Carboniferous
12 .       Most modern animal phyla evolved during the _____ era. (Activity 15A) [Hint]

 Paleozoic
 Permian
 Cenozoic
 Mesozoic
 Precambrian
13 .       The Mesozoic era began approximately _____ million years ago. (Activity 15A) [Hint]

 4,600
 570
 245
 65
 25
14 .       Bony fish first evolved during the _____ era. (Activity 15A) [Hint]

 Mesozoic
 Paleozoic
 Cenozoic
 Precambrian
 Cretaceous
15 .       The Precambrian era began approximately _____ million years ago. (Activity 15A) [Hint]

 4,600
 570
 245
 65
 25
16 .       Feathers either play a role, or may have played a role, in _____. (Activity 15B) [Hint]

 courtship
 gliding
 flight
 extended hops
 all of these
17 .       _____ is rapid speciation under conditions in which there is little competition. (Activity 15B) [Hint]

 Microevolution
 Paedomorphosis
 Gene flow
 Genetic drift
 Adaptive radiation
18 .       Mass extinctions create conditions that promote _____. (Activity 15B) [Hint]

 microevolution
 paedomorphosis
 gene flow
 genetic drift
 adaptive radiation
19 .       The appearance of an evolutionary novelty promotes _____. (Activity 15B) [Hint]

 gene flow
 mutation
 mass extinction
 paedomorphosis
 adaptive radiation
20 .       The different finch species found on the Galápagos Islands probably arose as a result of _____. (Activity 15B) [Hint]

 artificial selection
 adaptive radiation
 mass extinction
 gene flow
 paedomorphosis