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Question 1 |
A | Genetically, they have much less common genes with modern day primates. |
B | Genetically, they are inferior to the Old World monkeys. |
C | None of the answers posted here are correct. |
D | It is difficult to explain how they arrived in South America because of the vast oceans that separate landmasses. |
Question 2 |
A | 65 million years ago |
B | 135 million years ago |
C | 225 million years ago |
D | 4.3 billion years ago |
E | 3.5 billion years ago |
Question 3 |
A | Primitive dental formula 2.1.3.3/1.1.3.3, which has been retained in Old World monkeys. |
B | Primitive dental formula 2.1.3.3/2.1.2.3, which has been retained in Old World monkeys. |
C | Primitive dental formula 1.0.1.0/1.0.0.3, which has been retained in New World monkeys. |
D | Primitive dental formula 1.0.1.0/1.0.0.3, which has been retained in Old World monkeys. |
E | Primitive dental formula 2.1.3.3/2.1.2.3, which has been retained in New World monkeys. |
Question 4 |
A | Group of plants that produce high energy food for primates. |
B | Seed-producing plants such as pine and fir. |
C | Group of plants with deep complex roots. |
D | Seed-producing plants that also produce flowers. |
E | A defective primate sperm that will lead to undesirable offspring. |
Question 5 |
A | Electron-spin-resonance dating |
B | Carbon-14 dating |
C | Thermoluminescence dating |
D | Potassium–argon dating |
Question 6 |
A | During Paleocene epoch. |
B | During Oligocene epoch. |
C | During Pleistocene epoch. |
D | During Eocene epoch. |
E | During Miocene epoch. |
Question 7 |
A | Charles Darwin |
B | Jean Baptiste-Lamarck |
C | Georges Cuvier |
D | Charles Lyell |
Question 8 |
A | The sex that is dominant. |
B | The sex that stays in the natal group their entire lives. |
C | The sex that disperses at sexual maturity. |
D | The sex that is recessive. |
Question 9 |
A | Charles Lyell |
B | Georges Cuvier |
C | Jean Baptiste-Lamarck |
D | Charles Darwin |
Question 10 |
A | Devonian |
B | Cretaceous |
C | Triassic |
D | Jurassic |
E | Permian |
Question 11 |
A | stabilizing selection. |
B | disruptive selection. |
C | environmental selection. |
D | directional selection. |
Question 12 |
A | Decreased care of infants by fathers. |
B | Sexual monomorphism |
C | Infant parking. |
D | Giving birth to twins. |
Question 13 |
A | the monkeys are the direct ancestors of modern humans. |
B | acquired characteristics are heritable. |
C | no clue what you are asking here! |
D | morphological structures change according to use. |
Question 14 |
A | 3/4 yellow and 1/4 green plants in the F2 generation. |
B | all green yellow pea plants in the F2 generation. |
C | all green pea plants in the F1 generation. |
D | 3/4 green pea plants and 1/4 yellow pea plants in the F1 generation. |
Question 15 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 16 |
A | cladistic systtematics. |
B | natural organization. |
C | evangelical taxonomy. |
D | the great chain of being. |
Question 17 |
A | the arboreal theory. |
B | the terminal branch theory. |
C | the visual predation theory. |
D | the angiosperm radiation theory. |
Question 18 |
A | no idea |
B | new habitat development. |
C | increased competition. |
D | speciation. |
E | new traits being passed on to the next generation. |
Question 19 |
A | genetic drift, inheritance, gene mutation |
B | variation, inheritance, over-production |
C | variation, genetic drift, gene mutation |
D | variation, directional selection, disruptive selection |
Question 20 |
A | Permian |
B | Cambrian |
C | Triassic |
D | Devonian |
E | Ordovician |
Question 21 |
A | interbreeding |
B | mutation |
C | gene flow |
D | genetic drift |
Question 22 |
A | Jam monkeys |
B | Chimpanzees |
C | Squirrel monkeys |
D | Howler monkeys |
Question 23 |
A | Supercontinent |
B | Pangaea |
C | Laurasia |
D | Gondwanaland |
Question 24 |
A | All of the answers are incorrect. |
B | Dual sex bias |
C | Male bias |
D | Female bias |
Question 25 |
A | Orangutan |
B | Gibbons |
C | Chimpanzee |
D | Bonobo |
Question 26 |
A | sudden changes to the environment can result in extinction of some species and repopulation by completely a new one |
B | the geological forces that influenced the world long time ago continue to influence the world today. |
C | even though species can change, they all have a common ancestor. |
D | the world was created 6,000 years ago. |
Question 27 |
A | They are knuckles sued for walking on land. |
B | They are cheek bones. |
C | They are bone like structures that provide strength to tails of arboreal animals. |
D | They are tail bones that connect the rest of the tail to the skeleton. |
Question 28 |
A | 0.65 A and 0.35 a |
B | 0.35 A and 0.65 a |
C | 0.25 a and 0.75 A |
D | 0.5 A and 0.5 a |
E | 0.75 A and 0.25 a |
Question 29 |
A | Preservation of complete organisms. |
B | Organic structures are completely destroyed by replacing minerals. |
C | Organic structures are well preserved by the precipitating minerals around it. |
D | Very clear and complete record of paleobiological record. |
Question 30 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 31 |
A | Cebidae |
B | Hominoidea |
C | Cercopithecoidea |
D | Cercopithecinae |
Question 32 |
A | males |
B | individuals |
C | men |
D | species |
E | females |
Question 33 |
A | Thermoluminescence |
B | Carbon-14 dating |
C | Electron-spin-resonance |
D | Uranium |
E | Potassium–argon |
Question 34 |
A | Isotopic oxygen 18 |
B | Nitrogen |
C | Hydrogen |
D | Isotopic oxygen 16 |
E | Carbon |
Question 35 |
A | True |
B | Neither true nor false because it depends on the population in question. |
C | False |
Chapter 4 - Speciation and Phylogeny
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Credits: Based on the excellent class notes provided by, TBA during Winter 2013.
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