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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A aggressiveness
B age at death
C reproductive success
D strength
Question #2
A locus.
B nucleus.
C address.
D chromosome.
Question #3
A heterozygous, with one dominant and one recessive allele.
B haplozygous.
C homozygous with two dominant alleles.
D homozygous with two recessive alleles.
Question #4
A It increases variation.
B It both increases and decreases variation.
C It decreases variation.
D It does not affect variation.
Question #5
A directional
B stabilizing
C disruptive
D balancing
Question #6
A translation
B recombination
C meiosis
D mitosis
Question #7
A each containing a full copy of the organism’s DNA.
B containing exactly one half of the organism’s DNA.
C but each has a different set of DNA.
D but the nuclear DNA itself is inactive in all but the reproductive cells.
Question #8
A Mitosis involves one DNA replication followed by two cell divisions.
B Mitosis ultimately results in a reduced number of chromosomes.
C Mitosis results in haploid cells.
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 comes from one parent only.
D is likely to recombine during crossovers.
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 reduces over the animal’s lifetime, causing aging.
D varies between body cells (e.g., liver cells have more than intestinal cells).
Question #11
A in the nucleus; inherited from mother to daughter only
B outside of the cell’s nucleus; passed on from the father to all his offspring
C in prokaryotic cells; found only in females
D in the cell’s “powerhouse”; passed on from the mother to all her offspring
Question #12
A native to a particular region.
B invasive to a particular region or habitat.
C a locally extinct species.
D subject to increased rates of genetic mutation.
Question #13
A superfamily Hominoidea
B parvorder Catarrhini
C infraorder Anthropoidea
D suborder Haplorhini
Question #14
A natural selection.
B gene flow.
C new mutations.
D genetic drift.
Question #15
A Robert Hooke
B Georges Cuvier
C John Ray
D Carolus Linnaeus
Question #16
A proves that most changes to Earth were caused by earthquakes and floods.
B requires the assumption that any geological process observed today worked the same way in the past.
C provides the primary evidence that the earth is 4.4 billion years old.
D supports the theory of catastrophism.
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 testable statement that could potentially explain specific phenomena observed in the natural world
B a synonym for theory
C a statement unable to be refuted by future investigations
D a statement that concerns scientific facts assumed to be true
Question #19
A complex material culture
B nonhoning chewing
C bipedalism
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 linguistic comprehension.
B ideology.
C material culture.
D subsistence strategies.
Question #22
A Females led hunting, but all adults were involved.
B Hunting was conducted with stone tools and cooperative strategies.
C Hunting strategies were developed to include other animals as bait.
D Hunting was always well planned, often using a diagram.
Question #23
A We can learn that consuming the wrong foods over time does little to population health.
B We can learn that human physiology does not change through time.
C We can learn that lifestyles do not change over time.
D We can learn that diets, and therefore human biology, change through time.