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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A reproductive success
B strength
C aggressiveness
D age at death
Question #2
A locus.
B address.
C chromosome.
D nucleus.
Question #3
A haplozygous.
B homozygous with two recessive alleles.
C heterozygous, with one dominant and one recessive allele.
D homozygous with two dominant alleles.
Question #4
A It decreases variation.
B It both increases and decreases variation.
C It does not affect variation.
D It increases variation.
Question #5
A disruptive
B balancing
C stabilizing
D directional
Question #6
A mitosis
B translation
C meiosis
D recombination
Question #7
A each containing a full copy of the organism’s DNA.
B containing exactly one half of the organism’s DNA.
C but each has a different set of DNA.
D but the nuclear DNA itself is inactive in all but the reproductive cells.
Question #8
A Mitosis results in haploid cells.
B Mitosis ultimately results in a reduced number of chromosomes.
C Mitosis results in identical copies of the parent cell.
D Mitosis involves one DNA replication followed by two cell divisions.
Question #9
A comes from one parent only.
B is not likely to recombine during crossovers.
C does not pass on for many generations.
D is likely to recombine during crossovers.
Question #10
A is the same in every cell with a nucleus; it is homoplasmic.
B reduces over the animal’s lifetime, causing aging.
C determines how evolved the organism is (potatoes have only five, but camels have seventy).
D varies between body cells (e.g., liver cells have more than intestinal cells).
Question #11
A in the nucleus; inherited from mother to daughter only
B outside of the cell’s nucleus; passed on from the father to all his offspring
C in the cell’s “powerhouse”; passed on from the mother to all her offspring
D in prokaryotic cells; found only in females
Question #12
A a locally extinct species.
B invasive to a particular region or habitat.
C native to a particular region.
D subject to increased rates of genetic mutation.
Question #13
A suborder Haplorhini
B superfamily Hominoidea
C infraorder Anthropoidea
D parvorder Catarrhini
Question #14
A natural selection.
B genetic drift.
C gene flow.
D new mutations.
Question #15
A Carolus Linnaeus
B John Ray
C Robert Hooke
D Georges Cuvier
Question #16
A proves that most changes to Earth were caused by earthquakes and floods.
B provides the primary evidence that the earth is 4.4 billion years old.
C requires the assumption that any geological process observed today worked the same way in the past.
D supports the theory of catastrophism.
Question #17
A individuals determine their own biological adaptations.
B species adapt and change over time based on the environment.
C an individual can change within its own lifetime.
D species adapt based on individual goals.
Question #18
A a statement unable to be refuted by future investigations
B a statement that concerns scientific facts assumed to be true
C a testable statement that could potentially explain specific phenomena observed in the natural world
D a synonym for theory
Question #19
A nonhoning chewing
B dependence on domesticated food
C bipedalism
D complex material culture
Question #20
A study skeletal remains from past human populations.
B focus their skeletal analysis on early hominins.
C focus their work on skeletal analysis of individuals.
D study the evolution of human skeletal traits.
Question #21
A ideology.
B material culture.
C subsistence strategies.
D linguistic comprehension.
Question #22
A Hunting strategies were developed to include other animals as bait.
B Females led hunting, but all adults were involved.
C Hunting was always well planned, often using a diagram.
D Hunting was conducted with stone tools and cooperative strategies.
Question #23
A We can learn that consuming the wrong foods over time does little to population health.
B We can learn that human physiology does not change through time.
C We can learn that diets, and therefore human biology, change through time.
D We can learn that lifestyles do not change over time.