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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A strength
B aggressiveness
C reproductive success
D age at death
Question #2
A nucleus.
B locus.
C address.
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 does not affect variation.
C It both increases and decreases variation.
D It increases variation.
Question #5
A stabilizing
B balancing
C disruptive
D directional
Question #6
A translation
B meiosis
C mitosis
D recombination
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 ultimately results in a reduced number of chromosomes.
B Mitosis results in identical copies of the parent cell.
C Mitosis results in haploid cells.
D Mitosis involves one DNA replication followed by two cell divisions.
Question #9
A does not pass on for many generations.
B is likely to recombine during crossovers.
C comes from one parent only.
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 cell’s “powerhouse”; passed on from the mother to all her offspring
B outside of the cell’s nucleus; passed on from the father to all his offspring
C in the nucleus; inherited from mother to daughter only
D in prokaryotic cells; found only in females
Question #12
A a locally extinct species.
B native to a particular region.
C subject to increased rates of genetic mutation.
D invasive to a particular region or habitat.
Question #13
A parvorder Catarrhini
B superfamily Hominoidea
C suborder Haplorhini
D infraorder Anthropoidea
Question #14
A new mutations.
B natural selection.
C genetic drift.
D gene flow.
Question #15
A John Ray
B Robert Hooke
C Georges Cuvier
D Carolus Linnaeus
Question #16
A supports the theory of catastrophism.
B provides the primary evidence that the earth is 4.4 billion years old.
C requires the assumption that any geological process observed today worked the same way in the past.
D proves that most changes to Earth were caused by earthquakes and floods.
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 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 bipedalism
C dependence on domesticated food
D nonhoning chewing
Question #20
A study the evolution of human skeletal traits.
B study skeletal remains from past human populations.
C focus their work on skeletal analysis of individuals.
D focus their skeletal analysis on early hominins.
Question #21
A subsistence strategies.
B ideology.
C material culture.
D linguistic comprehension.
Question #22
A Hunting strategies were developed to include other animals as bait.
B Hunting was conducted with stone tools and cooperative strategies.
C Hunting was always well planned, often using a diagram.
D Females led hunting, but all adults were involved.
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 lifestyles do not change over time.
D We can learn that consuming the wrong foods over time does little to population health.