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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 locus.
B nucleus.
C chromosome.
D address.
Question #3
A haplozygous.
B homozygous with two recessive alleles.
C homozygous with two dominant alleles.
D heterozygous, with one dominant and one recessive allele.
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 balancing
B directional
C disruptive
D stabilizing
Question #6
A mitosis
B recombination
C meiosis
D translation
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 is likely to recombine during crossovers.
B comes from one parent only.
C is not likely to recombine during crossovers.
D does not pass on for many generations.
Question #10
A is the same in every cell with a nucleus; it is homoplasmic.
B reduces over the animal’s lifetime, causing aging.
C varies between body cells (e.g., liver cells have more than intestinal cells).
D determines how evolved the organism is (potatoes have only five, but camels have seventy).
Question #11
A in prokaryotic cells; found only in females
B in the nucleus; inherited from mother to daughter only
C outside of the cell’s nucleus; passed on from the father to all his offspring
D in the cell’s “powerhouse”; passed on from the mother to all her offspring
Question #12
A invasive to a particular region or habitat.
B subject to increased rates of genetic mutation.
C native to a particular region.
D a locally extinct species.
Question #13
A infraorder Anthropoidea
B suborder Haplorhini
C parvorder Catarrhini
D superfamily Hominoidea
Question #14
A new mutations.
B gene flow.
C natural selection.
D genetic drift.
Question #15
A John Ray
B Georges Cuvier
C Robert Hooke
D Carolus Linnaeus
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 provides the primary evidence that the earth is 4.4 billion years old.
D proves that most changes to Earth were caused by earthquakes and floods.
Question #17
A species adapt based on individual goals.
B an individual can change within its own lifetime.
C individuals determine their own biological adaptations.
D species adapt and change over time based on the environment.
Question #18
A a statement unable to be refuted by future investigations
B a synonym for theory
C a testable statement that could potentially explain specific phenomena observed in the natural world
D a statement that concerns scientific facts assumed to be true
Question #19
A complex material culture
B bipedalism
C dependence on domesticated food
D nonhoning chewing
Question #20
A study skeletal remains from past human populations.
B focus their skeletal analysis on early hominins.
C focus their work on skeletal analysis of individuals.
D study the evolution of human skeletal traits.
Question #21
A linguistic comprehension.
B material culture.
C subsistence strategies.
D ideology.
Question #22
A Females led hunting, but all adults were involved.
B Hunting strategies were developed to include other animals as bait.
C Hunting was conducted with stone tools and cooperative strategies.
D Hunting was always well planned, often using a diagram.
Question #23
A We can learn that human physiology does not change through time.
B We can learn that lifestyles do not change over time.
C We can learn that consuming the wrong foods over time does little to population health.
D We can learn that diets, and therefore human biology, change through time.