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