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