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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A aggressiveness
B strength
C reproductive success
D age at death
Question #2
A nucleus.
B address.
C locus.
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 both increases and decreases variation.
B It does not affect variation.
C It increases variation.
D It decreases variation.
Question #5
A stabilizing
B directional
C disruptive
D balancing
Question #6
A meiosis
B recombination
C translation
D mitosis
Question #7
A but the nuclear DNA itself is inactive in all but the reproductive cells.
B each containing a full copy of the organism’s DNA.
C containing exactly one half of the organism’s DNA.
D but each has a different set of DNA.
Question #8
A Mitosis ultimately results in a reduced number of chromosomes.
B Mitosis involves one DNA replication followed by two cell divisions.
C Mitosis results in haploid cells.
D Mitosis results in identical copies of the parent cell.
Question #9
A is not likely to recombine during crossovers.
B is likely to recombine during crossovers.
C does not pass on for many generations.
D comes from one parent only.
Question #10
A varies between body cells (e.g., liver cells have more than intestinal cells).
B reduces over the animal’s lifetime, causing aging.
C is the same in every cell with a nucleus; it is homoplasmic.
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 cell’s “powerhouse”; passed on from the mother to all her offspring
C outside of the cell’s nucleus; passed on from the father to all his offspring
D in the nucleus; inherited from mother to daughter only
Question #12
A a locally extinct species.
B subject to increased rates of genetic mutation.
C invasive to a particular region or habitat.
D native to a particular region.
Question #13
A parvorder Catarrhini
B superfamily Hominoidea
C infraorder Anthropoidea
D suborder Haplorhini
Question #14
A new mutations.
B genetic drift.
C gene flow.
D natural selection.
Question #15
A Robert Hooke
B Carolus Linnaeus
C Georges Cuvier
D John Ray
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 species adapt based on individual goals.
B species adapt and change over time based on the environment.
C individuals determine their own biological adaptations.
D an individual can change within its own lifetime.
Question #18
A a statement that concerns scientific facts assumed to be true
B a synonym for theory
C a statement unable to be refuted by future investigations
D a testable statement that could potentially explain specific phenomena observed in the natural world
Question #19
A nonhoning chewing
B complex material culture
C dependence on domesticated food
D bipedalism
Question #20
A study the evolution of human skeletal traits.
B focus their work on skeletal analysis of individuals.
C study skeletal remains from past human populations.
D focus their skeletal analysis on early hominins.
Question #21
A ideology.
B linguistic comprehension.
C material culture.
D subsistence strategies.
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 diets, and therefore human biology, change through time.
B We can learn that consuming the wrong foods over time does little to population health.
C We can learn that human physiology does not change through time.
D We can learn that lifestyles do not change over time.