Which animals lived in Prehistoric Britain?

In this lesson we will learn about some prehistoric animals. These beasts roamed earth during the stone age, and many of them are now extinct. What happened?

Which animals lived in Prehistoric Britain?

In this lesson we will learn about some prehistoric animals. These beasts roamed earth during the stone age, and many of them are now extinct. What happened?

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. The difference between extant and extinct.
  2. Animals in the UK during the Ice Age that have since become extinct.
  3. Animals in the UK during the Ice Age that are extant and still present.
  4. How historians disagree about how some major mammals became extinct (woolly mammoth).

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7 Questions

Q1.
When did Homo sapiens first evolve?
Around 2.5 million years ago
Correct answer: Around 300,000 years ago
Around 60,000 years ago
Around 65 million years ago
Q2.
During the prehistoric period, early humans wrote lots of things down. This evidence helps us to learn about prehistory.
Correct answer: False
True
Q3.
Scientists believe that humans first evolved in:
Correct answer: Africa
Asia
Australia
Europe
Q4.
Which of these early humans do scientists believe was the first to make and use stone tools?
Homo erectus
Correct answer: Homo habilis
Homo heidelbergensis
Homo sapiens
Neanderthals
Q5.
Which of these statements best describe the role of a geneticist?
Finds and studies fossils of plants and animals.
Finds and studies items made by people from the past.
Correct answer: Studies the DNA of people and animals.
Q6.
Which of these statements best describe the role of an archaeologist?
Finds and studies fossils of plants and animals.
Correct answer: Finds and studies items made by people from the past.
Studies the DNA of people and animals.
Q7.
Which of these statements best describe the role of a palaeontologist?
Correct answer: Finds and studies fossils of plants and animals.
Finds and studies items made by people from the past.
Studies the DNA of people and animals.

6 Questions

Q1.
Extinct means that...
Correct answer: all of these animals have died out.
there are still members of this animal group that are alive today.
Q2.
Extant means that...
all of these animals have died out.
Correct answer: there are still members of this animal group that are alive today.
Q3.
Which of these animals is now extinct?
Elk
Correct answer: Giant ground sloth
Rhinoceros
Turtles
Q4.
When did Homo sapiens first evolve?
Around 2.5 million years ago
Correct answer: Around 300,000 years ago
Around 60,000 years ago
Around 65 million years ago
Q5.
Which of these animals is extant?
Cave lions
Correct answer: Homo sapiens
Smilodon
Woolly Mammoth
Q6.
What is another name for the ice age?
Age of mammals
Neolithic Era
Correct answer: Pleistocene epoch
Stone Age

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UnitHistory / Prehistoric Britain

History