Ice Ages(2)

Question 1

What did our ancestors do in order to compete in the savannah?

Answer 1

• Learnt to use their hands to fashion tools and weapons.
• They walked on their hind legs to free their hands
• Learned to co-operate with one another and developed language so that they could communicate amongst themselvesboonkgannnnggg

Question 2

_______ man flourished 150 000 years ago because they had adapted to the cold but 50 000 years ago they were supplanted by _________.

Answer 2

Neanderthals

Homo Sapiens

Question 3

The _______________ depressed the crust and subsequent melting of the ice will cause the crust to rise again. Scotland was depressed during the last Ice Age and Southern England rose but the ______ is happening and Scotland is rising and S England is subsiding . Noticeable because in Thames basin where the sea water is able to penetrate the Thames River and cause flooding. The Thames barrier has been constructed to protect London during storms and very high tides.

Answer 3

Weight of the ice

Reverse

Question 4

What caused extinction?

Answer 4

Impact of man

Question 5

Smaller animals and _______ animals were largely affected by the ice age.

Answer 5

Marine

Question 6

Africa was not _______ during the Quaternary Ice Age. 280 Million year’s ago, during an earlier Ice Age, we were covered by a large ice sheet. At that stage Africa was joined by _______,_______,_______ and ________ (Gondwana) and the Sahara was situated in the ration of the South Pole.

Answer 6

Glaciated 
S America 
Antartica
Australia 
India