Prehistoric

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  Prehistoric QUIZZES

  Here are some quizzes to test your knowledge about prehistory. You'll improve your score if you read the pages in this section of Q-files before you start the quizzes.

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  Early life

  The first life on Earth appeared not on land but in the oceans. There was not enough oxygen in the air to breathe and ultraviolet radiation, lethal to life forms, was still at...

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  Age of Dinosaurs

  The Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, which lasted from 252 to 65.8 million years ago, are together known as the Mesozoic Era, but more commonly called the Age of...

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  Dinosaur species

  The dinosaurs were reptiles that had legs held upright beneath their bodies, rather than sprawling. They walked on either two legs or all fours. Most kinds had long tails, clawed...

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  How dinosaurs lived

  Dinosaurs can be divided into plant-eaters or meat-eaters, although some may have been omnivores: they ate both animals and plants. The shape of a dinosaur’s jaws or teeth is...

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  Marine reptiles

  The dinosaurs lived only on land. But from the Triassic Period and on through the entire Age of Dinosaurs, various groups of large reptiles swam in the oceans. Most were hunters...

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  Pterosaurs

  Pterosaurs were flying reptiles. They first took to the air in the Triassic Period, and proceeded to dominate the skies for nearly 100 million years. They had wings formed by flaps...

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  Age of Mammals

  By the time the dinosaurs became extinct, several different groups of mammals had already evolved around the world. The first mammals evolved during the Late Triassic Period. They...

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  Story of humans

  Humans first evolved from ape-like creatures in Africa. The first hominids (human-like beings) probably appeared over five million years ago. These early kinds are known as...

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  Timeline of Earth history

  Life probably arose about 3800 million years ago, although the earliest fossil evidence we have is 3500 million years old. No one knows how life began, but warm-water pools on...

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  EASY READ Prehistoric life

  Life began about 3.8 billion years ago. Since then, many, many different kinds of plants and animals have evolved (see below) and died out. These living things are often called...

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