Quiz 4

A  The Inuit are so well-adapted to the cold that they wear little clothing.

B  The Inuit are a cold-weather adapted population

C  The Inuit are a cold-weather adapted population , The Inuit have a body build similar to many tropical peoples, The Inuit have a similar body build to Neandertals, with stocky bodies and shorter legs.

D  The Inuit have a similar body build to Neandertals, with stocky bodies and shorter legs.

E  The Inuit have a body build similar to many tropical peoples

A  polytypic

B  polymorphic

C  hereditarian

D  Climatic

E  influenced by culture

A  Show that Europeans and Africans are easily distinguishable, but Asians are hard to classify

B  correspond to the major continents

C  easily sorted into 3 or 4 major groups

D  show continuous clinal variation across space

A  gradual variation in genetic traits across geographic regions

B  Genetic variation with the Cline family lineage.

C  the genetically determined ability to sing on key

D  subtle variations in skin color among racial groups

A  The foods that you eat.

B  Reflected color from the blood vessels… And The foods that you eat….and The transparency or thickness of the skin. …and

C  Reflected color from the blood vessels.

D  the pigments carotene and melanin.

E  The transparency or thickness of the skin.

A  based on genealogical records

B  based on DNA testing

C  culturally arbitrary, even though most people assume them to be based on biology

D  applied to endogamous breeding populations

A  always debilitating

B  the result of genetic experiments gone awry.

C  a genetic adaption to the malarial parasite

D  present in all people of West African descent.

A  are culturally biased

B  show no significant differences in intelligence among human populations

C  Are a reliable indicator of genetic differences in intelligence

D  can discriminate between genetic and cultural factors in native intelligence

A  due to a combination of genetic and environmental factors.

B  universally present in all human groups

C  determined purely by genetic traits

D  a recessive allele

A  a clearly defined biological breeding population

B  a social classification that is often assumed to have a biological basis

C  a group of people defined statistically by clusters of linked genetic traits

D  a biological classification based on the presence or absence of specific genetic traits

E  the product of natural selection occurring over thousands of years