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