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SUNITIDEVI SINGHANIA SCHOOL, THANE (W)
STD 10 / TERM 1 / BIOLOGY / WORKSHEET / APRIL 2025-26
TOPIC: HUMAN EVOLUTION
Q1] Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1) The prehistoric man which lived on earth during late Pleistocene period was:
(a) Neanderthal man (b) Australopithecus (c) Peking man (d) Atlantic man
2) The brain capacity of Homo erectus was about:
(a) 650 c.c. (b) 900 c.c. (c) 1200 c.c. (d) 1600 c.c.
Q2] Answer in one word:
1) The immediate ancestor of modern human being
2) The first hominine who shows bipedal locomotion
3) Charles Darwin’s book
4) The species that showed obligate bipedalism
5) The scientific name of human being
Q3] Define the following terms:
(1) Evolution (2) Vestigial organs (3) Speciation
(4) Bipedalism (5) Natural selection
Q4] Answer the following questions:
1) List out any three characteristics of Cro-Magnon Man
2) Which two adaptations helped the man to walk erect?
3) Given alongside are two figures (A and B) representing the two stages of evolution of
human beings.
Mention any two contrasting characters between the two
stages.
4) Mention four postulates of Darwin's theory.
5) Give the scientific name of the organism which is cited as the classical example of
'natural selection'.
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6) Study the given figure and answer the questions that follow:
a) What does the figure depicts?
b) State the features of it.
c) Where did they live?
7) What are vestigial organs? Give one example.
8) Homo sapiens sapiens is the most highly evolved form of [Link] reason.
9) Difference between Australopithecus and Modern man based on body hair.
10) Observe the figure given below and answer the questions that follow:
a) What is the figure depicting?
b) What was the reason that the giraffe stretched their neck and forelimbs?
c) What is the name of the theory that is being depicted in the figure?
d) Who explained the theory?
e) What is the conclusion of this theory?
11) Given alongside are two figures (A and B) showing a phenomenon that was first
observed in Manchester:
a) What name has been given to this
phenomenon?
b) Give the common name and the scientific
name of the insect involved in this
phenomenon.
c) Briefly mention why the changes shown in the two figures appeared.
d) The following phenomenon provides a classical explanation of a scientific theory
given by a certain scientist.
(i) Name and explain the said theory.
(ii) Give the name of the scientist who gave this theory.
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