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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 locus.
C address.
D nucleus.
Question #3
A haplozygous.
B heterozygous, with one dominant and one recessive allele.
C homozygous with two recessive alleles.
D homozygous with two dominant alleles.
Question #4
A It does not affect variation.
B It decreases variation.
C It increases variation.
D It both increases and decreases variation.
Question #5
A directional
B disruptive
C balancing
D stabilizing
Question #6
A translation
B mitosis
C recombination
D meiosis
Question #7
A containing exactly one half of the organism’s DNA.
B each containing a full copy of the organism’s DNA.
C but the nuclear DNA itself is inactive in all but the reproductive cells.
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 comes from one parent only.
B is likely to recombine during crossovers.
C does not pass on for many generations.
D is not likely to recombine during crossovers.
Question #10
A varies between body cells (e.g., liver cells have more than intestinal cells).
B is the same in every cell with a nucleus; it is homoplasmic.
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 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 native to a particular region.
B a locally extinct species.
C subject to increased rates of genetic mutation.
D invasive to a particular region or habitat.
Question #13
A superfamily Hominoidea
B suborder Haplorhini
C infraorder Anthropoidea
D parvorder Catarrhini
Question #14
A gene flow.
B genetic drift.
C new mutations.
D natural selection.
Question #15
A Georges Cuvier
B Carolus Linnaeus
C John Ray
D Robert Hooke
Question #16
A proves that most changes to Earth were caused by earthquakes and floods.
B supports the theory of catastrophism.
C requires the assumption that any geological process observed today worked the same way in the past.
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 statement unable to be refuted by future investigations
B a synonym for theory
C a statement that concerns scientific facts assumed to be true
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 focus their work on skeletal analysis of individuals.
B study the evolution of human skeletal traits.
C study skeletal remains from past human populations.
D focus their skeletal analysis on early hominins.
Question #21
A material culture.
B linguistic comprehension.
C subsistence strategies.
D ideology.
Question #22
A Females led hunting, but all adults were involved.
B Hunting was conducted with stone tools and cooperative strategies.
C Hunting was always well planned, often using a diagram.
D Hunting strategies were developed to include other animals as bait.
Question #23
A We can learn that diets, and therefore human biology, change through time.
B We can learn that human physiology does not change through time.
C We can learn that consuming the wrong foods over time does little to population health.
D We can learn that lifestyles do not change over time.