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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 nucleus.
B address.
C locus.
D chromosome.
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 increases variation.
B It both increases and decreases variation.
C It does not affect variation.
D It decreases variation.
Question #5
A balancing
B directional
C disruptive
D stabilizing
Question #6
A meiosis
B translation
C recombination
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 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 involves one DNA replication followed by two cell divisions.
B Mitosis results in identical copies of the parent cell.
C Mitosis ultimately results in a reduced number of chromosomes.
D Mitosis results in haploid cells.
Question #9
A is not likely to recombine during crossovers.
B comes from one parent only.
C is likely to recombine during crossovers.
D does not pass on for many generations.
Question #10
A reduces over the animal’s lifetime, causing aging.
B varies between body cells (e.g., liver cells have more than intestinal cells).
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 the nucleus; inherited from mother to daughter only
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 prokaryotic cells; found only in females
Question #12
A invasive to a particular region or habitat.
B native to a particular region.
C subject to increased rates of genetic mutation.
D a locally extinct species.
Question #13
A parvorder Catarrhini
B suborder Haplorhini
C superfamily Hominoidea
D infraorder Anthropoidea
Question #14
A new mutations.
B gene flow.
C natural selection.
D genetic drift.
Question #15
A John Ray
B Carolus Linnaeus
C Robert Hooke
D Georges Cuvier
Question #16
A supports the theory of catastrophism.
B provides the primary evidence that the earth is 4.4 billion years old.
C proves that most changes to Earth were caused by earthquakes and floods.
D requires the assumption that any geological process observed today worked the same way in the past.
Question #17
A an individual can change within its own lifetime.
B species adapt based on individual goals.
C species adapt and change over time based on the environment.
D individuals determine their own biological adaptations.
Question #18
A a synonym for theory
B a testable statement that could potentially explain specific phenomena observed in the natural world
C a statement that concerns scientific facts assumed to be true
D a statement unable to be refuted by future investigations
Question #19
A nonhoning chewing
B dependence on domesticated food
C bipedalism
D complex material culture
Question #20
A study skeletal remains from past human populations.
B focus their work on skeletal analysis of individuals.
C study the evolution of human skeletal traits.
D focus their skeletal analysis on early hominins.
Question #21
A material culture.
B ideology.
C linguistic comprehension.
D subsistence strategies.
Question #22
A Hunting strategies were developed to include other animals as bait.
B Females led hunting, but all adults were involved.
C Hunting was always well planned, often using a diagram.
D Hunting was conducted with stone tools and cooperative strategies.
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.