anth quizzes & exam 1 midterm question pool

Quiz 1

Question 11 / 1 point

Human beings depend on culture for survival.True

False


Physical anthropology includes the study of linguistic variation as it relates to climate.True

False


Physical anthropologists assisted with the identification of victims at New Yorks World Trade Center after 9/11.True

False


Morphology refers to physical shape and appearance.True

False


Observations of living primates inform our efforts to understand our evolutionary past.True

False


Darwins observation that bipedalism frees the hand to hold objects led him to hypothesize that tool use was an important selective pressure on bipedalism.True

False


A recent news article reports on findings from a dig in Mesopotamia. The researchers report that skeletal populations indicate a decline in stature and likely overall health at this period in time. This reminds you of another study you have read about, the populations of St. Catherines Island. What could be the reasons for the changes in skeletons?Health and stature declined with a transition to hunting and gathering.

Health and stature declined with the adoption of agriculture.

Health and stature declined with the Industrial Revolution.

Health and stature declined by an outbreak of an avian virus.


Archaeology is:the study of human evolution.

largely devoted to recovering artifacts and building museum collections.

the study of the behavior and material culture of past human societies.

the study of the evolution of language.


Physical anthropology:consists of primatology and linguistics.

is the study of human antiquities.

relies on the scientific method.

all of the above


The scientific method:relies on making hunches about the natural world.

involves empirical data collection and hypothesis testing.

is used to support preconceived notions or theories.

seeks to establish the absolute scientific truth.


A hypothesis:is equivalent to a theory.

is an attempt to explain observations and predict future scientific results.

is a statement concerning scientific facts.

cannot be refuted by future investigations.


Forensic anthropology differs from biocultural anthropology in which of the following ways?applies anthropological techniques to modern crime scenes and disasters

is the study of trauma in ancient populations

examines the relationship between biological and cultural evolution

is the study of nonhuman primates


How is biocultural anthropology different from cultural anthropology?It combines cultural studies with archaeology.

It examines the interaction between genetics and culture in shaping human biology.

It is strictly a biological science.

It considers culture to be a byproduct of our biological histories.


Bipedalism is considered one of the hallmarks of hominid evolution because:it was the first evolutionary development that clearly distinguished us from other animals.

it was possible only after the advent of simple material culture.

it followed brain expansion in human evolution.

it allowed hominids to come out of the trees and make tools 10 mya.


How is a theory different from a hypothesis?Unlike a theory, a hypothesis explains observations and cannot be refuted by new evidence.

A theory is an explanation based upon controversial facts.

A theory is an explanation relying on careful examination and testing of evidence.

A theory has been less thoroughly tested than a hypothesis.


How is culture defined?Culture is genetically determined and therefore does not change.

Culture is too vague to be important for physical anthropologists.

Culture is a learned behavior transmitted from person to person.

Culture is the same worldwide and does not need to be studied.


Franz Boas:had an early influence on Darwins theory of natural selection.

considered environment and biology insignificant in the study of human cultures.

curiously never conducted his own fieldwork.

united within American anthropology the study of culture, language, and biology.


Chimpanzees in the wild have been observed to do all of the following EXCEPT:use two rocks as a hammer and anvil to crack open nuts.

teach their offspring how to flake stone tools.

use stick tools to scoop termites from nests.

encourage tool-using behavior in their offspring.


Charles Darwin:was a theologian during the twentieth century.

was an English naturalist in the 1800s.

hypothesized about human origins in the 1700s.

was a scientist during the Enlightenment.


You spend a year of your life living with and studying crab fishermen. At the end of this time you document everything that you have learned. This is called a(n):ethogram.

ethnography.

biography.

thesis.


Physical anthropologists might examine:brain biology.

molecular structure of diseases.

primate growth and development.

all of the above

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Quiz 2


Organisms classified in two different biological orders can still belong to the same genus.True

False


Genetic drift is most powerful as an evolutionary cause when operating on small populations.True

False


Mendels discrete units responsible for the characteristics in his pea plants are now known as chromosomes.False

True


Natural selection works on preexisting variation in a population.False

True


Darwins theory of evolution drew from all of the following scientific disciplines EXCEPT:geology.

genetics.

paleontology.

systematics.


Alfred Wallace was:an English naturalist who arrived at many of the same conclusions as Darwin.

a British dog breeder who worked on artificial selection experiments.

known for gathering even more evidence to support evolution than Darwin did.

mistakenly credited with the theory of natural selection.


Carolus Linnaeus:was a proponent of evolutionary change.

developed theories of natural selection.

developed a classification system for plants and animals.

was a supporter of Charles Darwin.


The idea of catastrophism is attributed to:Charles Darwin.

Georges Cuvier.

Charles Lyell.

Comte Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon.


The idea that geologic processes operating today are the same as those that happened in the past is:catastrophism.

uniformitarianism.

creationism.

anachronism.


The English demographer whose work on population growth greatly influenced Darwins thinking was:Thomas Malthus.

Georges Cuvier.

Charles Lyell.

Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck.


Lamarck proposed an erroneous evolutionary mechanism known today as:gene flow.

mutation.

inheritance of acquired characteristics.

natural selection.


The physical expression of an organisms genetic constitution is called the:karyotype.

phenotype.

stereotype.

genotype.


Different versions, or subunits, of the same gene are:alleles.

blenders.

chromosomes.

gemmules.


The only possible source of new genetic material is:gene flow.

gene drift.

mutation.

natural selection.


In 1962, Watson and Crick were awarded the Nobel Prize for their 1953 discovery that the structure of the DNA molecule was:linear.

a double helix.

circular.

a triple helix.


Recessive alleles for a given trait will be expressed if they are inherited:from both parents.

along with a dominant allele.

from neither parent.

from either parent.


The scientist who coined the nameHomo sapiensfor human beings and placed them in a higher taxonomic group he called primates was:Charles Darwin.

Carolus Linnaeus.

Georges Cuvier.

Robert Hooke.


All of the following are formal taxonomic categories EXCEPT:population.

order.

family.

kingdom.


The Human Genome Project is most likely to contribute to an understanding of which disease?smallpox

tuberculosis

influenza

cystic fibrosis


The scientist whose work provided the foundation for later understandings of genetics was:Charles Darwin.

Gregor Mendel.

Robert Hook.

John Ray.

Quiz 3DNA replication takes place only during the production of new gametes.True

False


Most human nuclear DNA is coded to produce proteins.True

False


In order for traits to respond to natural selection, they must be heritable.False

True


All mammals have the same number of chromosomes.False

True


Hemoglobin is an amino acid.True

False


Somatic cells include all of the following EXCEPT:sex cells.

brain tissue.

lung cells.

skin cells.


The following are complementary bases in DNA:adenine and cytosine.

guanine and thymine.

adenine and thymine.

guanine and uracil.


Gametes are:diploid.

haploid.

produced during mitosis.

None of the above.


Down syndrome can occur:as a result of translocation during mitosis.

because of nondisjunction, which yields an extra chromosome.

most frequently in women under the age of 40.

All of the above.


Mendels Law of Independent Assortment:explains gene linkage.

applies to genes on the same chromosome.

explains inheritance in simple organisms.

applies to genes on different chromosomes.


Proteins consist of:genes.

RNA plus mRNA.

chains of amino acids.

chains of DNA nucleotides.


Transcription:results in the production of proteins.

results in the transformation of mitochondria.

occurs in the ribosome.

occurs in the nucleus.


RNA differs from DNA in that it uses:uracil instead of guanine.

uracil instead of adenine.

uracil instead of thymine.

guanine instead of uracil.


Meiosis results in the production of:four gametes.

a single gamete.

None of the above.

two gametes.


An individual that is homozygous at the locus that determines ABO blood type may have any of the following except:type A blood.

type AB blood.

type B blood.

type O blood.


Individuals whose blood type is A and carry both dominant and recessive genes at this locus have a genotype of:AB.

AA.

AO.

None of the above.


The presence of a recessive allele:can always be determined from the phenotype.

is usually masked in the phenotype.

is expressed in the phenotype alongside a dominant allele.

None of the above.


The expression of polygenic traits:is never influenced by environmental factors.

is determined by genes at several loci in conjunction with environmental factors.

is determined solely by genes at two or more loci.

None of the above.


DNA:directs cellular function.

is single stranded.

contains the base uracil.

contains six different nucleotide bases.


Chromosome number is reduced during:translation.

recombination.

meiosis.

mitosis.

Quiz 4


Genetic drift is the force of evolution that is most powerful when acting on very large populations.True

False


Reproductive isolation is key to the development of individual species.False

True


Sickle-cell anemia is the result of a single-point mutation on chromosome 11.False

True


The effects of gene flow have decreased from 10,000 years ago to the present.True

False


The inability to taste PTC indicates a homozygous recessive genotype.True

False


Malaria is caused by:eating spoiled food.

drinking bad water.

bites from infected mosquitoes.

a genetic mutation.


Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium assumes:no gene flow, mutation, genetic drift, or natural selection.

strong selection pressure on the trait(s) being studied.

a significant mutation rate from generation to generation.

gene flow that is equal both into and out of the population.


"Fitness," in an evolutionary sense, refers to an individuals:strength.

aggressiveness.

reproductive success.

age at death.


The substitution of one DNA base for another due to a mistake during replication is called a:founder effect.

gene.

gene drift.

point mutation.


The ABO and MN blood type frequencies of the Dunkers differ significantly from those of current American and German populations due to:natural selection.

genetic drift.

gene flow.

mutation.


Mutations to which cells are most likely to have significant evolutionary consequences?red blood cells

brain cells

skin pigment cells

sex cells (gametes)


Demes in which marriage and reproduction take place from within the groups are called:polygamous.

indigenous.

exogamous.

endogamous.


A point mutation that does not result in a change to the amino acid coded for is said to be a:stabilizing mutation.

selective mutation.

synonymous mutation.

spontaneous mutation.


The best-documented case of industrial melanism involves:monarch butterflies.

dung beetles.

peppered moths.

Galpagos finches.


The mutation known as trisomy 21, in which an extra copy of chromosome 21 is present, is more commonly known as:Turner syndrome.

Down syndrome.

Klinefelters syndrome.

Williams syndrome.

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Functional adaptations in humans during their lifetimes are usually associated with environmental conditions.False

True


Vasodilation is the expansion of blood vessels near the bodys surface in response to excessive cold.True

False


Loss of body hair during human evolution may have resulted from thermoregulatory adaptation to sweating in hot climates.False

True


C. Loring Brace argued that the race concept:can be traced to the Renaissance, when seafaring travelers observed differences between people from distant lands.

has been present throughout human history.

was first used by Marco Polo as he recorded huge amounts of information during his travels in Asia.

originated in ancient Egypt.


Senecence is:when girls begin their periods.

the onset of puberty.

after the childbearing years.

before the childbearing years.


DNA:largely determines development from conception through death.

None of the above.

is the sole influence on growth and development.

schedules growth, but environment and events influence actual development.


Most neonatal deaths in the U.S. are caused by:medical malpractice.

drug abuse.

low birth weight.

low genetic quality.


Low birth weight can result from a mothers:smoking.

excessive alcohol consumption.

malnutrition.

All of the above.


Infancy ends:before deciduous dentition has completely erupted.

at 36 months.

with weaning, which occurs at the same time across cultures.

with completion of brain growth.


Human brain growth is completed by age:10.

six.

18 months.

three.


Puberty is marked by:completion of brain growth.

menarche in girls.

similar body size in boys and girls.

adult social roles.


When epiphyses fuse to the diaphyses:is largely determined by the environment.

full adult height is attained.

long bone growth is slowed.

the adolescent growth spurt begins.


Osteoporosis is:decreased susceptibility to bone fracture that comes with changes in bone mass.

more common in men than women because of testosterone.

less common in postmenopausal women with low amounts of estrogen.

a main cause of hip fractures in older women.


Ethnographic evidence from around the world shows that postmenopausal women do all of the following EXCEPT:contribute to their daughters reproductive success.

play important roles in provisioning grandchildren.

not live very long.

act as repositories of information about culture and society.


The strength and mass of bone:None of the above.

vary with an individuals level of physical activity.

do not affect the tendency to fracture.

are entirely genetically determined.


Exercise improves physical fitness by contributing to all of the following EXCEPT:increased cholesterol.

increased heart and lung function.

lower blood pressure.

increased bone strength.


Functional adaptations to high altitude include all of the following EXCEPT:high oxygen saturation in hemoglobin.

smaller diameter of blood vessels.

greater lung volume.

more efficient use of oxygen.


Dark skin, a result of increased melanin production in equatorial peoples, is likely a response to ultraviolet radiation because UV radiation can cause:None of the above.

osteomalacia.

rickets.

skin cancer.


Osteomalacia is caused by:insufficient amount of vitamin D.

not enough melanin in the skin.

too many pregnancies.

overexposure to ultraviolet radiation.


Hypoxia has been shown to be an agent of natural selection in that Tibetan women:with alleles for high oxygen saturation in their hemoglobin had more surviving children.

with alleles for high oxygen saturation in their hemoglobin had fewer surviving children.

have poor nutrition.

at high altitudes had fewer surviving children.

Quiz 6Question 11 / 1 point

Sagittal crests are pronounced in some primates with highly developed masticatory muscles.True

False


Suspensory primates generally have longer legs than arms.False

True


Grooming relationships reinforce social structures and cement social bonds.False

True


Large upper canines in male primates are used primarily for capturing vertebrate prey.True

False


Male chimpanzees hunting success is greater when they hunt in groups.True

False


Unlike apes, monkeys:have a short lower back.

are orthograde; that is, walk upright.

have no tail.

have limbs (arms and legs) of relatively equal length.


The presence of five digits on hands and feet is:characteristic only of hominoids.

a primitive mammalian trait, retained in most primates.

characteristic only of primates.

the only truly distinctive primate trait.


Living lemurs are found only in:South America.

Asia.

Africa.

Madagascar.


Which of the following are prosimians?gibbons

lemurs

baboons

tamarins


The two suborders of primates are:platyrrhine and catarrhine.

tarsiers and anthropoids.

prosimians and anthropoids.

pongidae and hominidae.


Jane Goodall was first to document:use of stick tools by chimpanzees.

predatory behavior of chimpanzees.

enduring nature of mother-offspring bonds in chimpanzees.

All of the above.


Primate females:invest less in their offspring than do many other mammals.

give birth to more offspring than do most other mammals.

give birth to fewer offspring than do many other mammals.

None of the above.


All of the anthropoids live in social groups EXCEPT:howler monkeys.

tamarins.

orangutans.

gibbons.


Monogamy is characteristic of:orangutans.

baboons.

chimpanzees.

gibbons.


Altruistic behaviors include all the following EXCEPT:grooming.

antipredator warning calls.

food sharing.

dominance behavior.


The typical dental formulas of lorises and lemurs is:2 / 1 / 3 / 3.

2 / 1 / 3 / 2.

2 / 1 / 2 / 3.

1 / 1 / 3 / 3.


The typical catarrhine dental formula is:2 / 1 / 3 / 3.

3 / 1 / 2 / 3.

2 / 1 / 2 / 3.

1 / 1 / 2 / 3.


The Y-5 molar morphology is present in:chimpanzees.

lemurs.

colobus monkeys.

howler monkeys.


Grooming relationships reinforce social structures and cement social bonds.True

False


Male chimpanzees hunting success is greater when they hunt in groups.True

False


Altruistic behavior occurs when both individuals benefit from the behavior.True

False


Humans are the only primates known to use material culture to access food resources.True

False


Jane Goodall was the first to document:use of stick tools by chimpanzees.

predatory behavior of chimpanzees.

enduring nature of mother-offspring bond in chimpanzees.

all of the above


Sexual dimorphism in canine size:is greater in societies where males compete.

is reduced in societies where males compete.

is greater when males live with relatives.

both B and C


Monogamy is characteristic of:baboons.

gibbons.

orangutans.

chimpanzees.


Altruistic behaviors include all of the following EXCEPT:antipredator warning calls.

grooming.

dominance behavior.

food sharing.


Nocturnal primates communicate through:complex facial expressions.

agonistic dominance interactions.

vocalizations.

gestures.


Chimpanzee hunting has been used as a model for the origins of human hunting because:chimpanzees are the closest relatives of humans.

hunting has a nutritional basis.

hunting is most successful when chimps hunt together.

all of the above


Harry Harlows experiments on rhesus monkeys showed that infants placed with artificial surrogate mothers:developed physically and socially the same as those raised with theirbiological mothers.

clung equally to cloth and wire mothers.

clung to wire mothers whether the mothers had bottles attached to themor not.

lacked basic social skills as adults.


Chimpanzees taught by humans to make simple stone tools:were unable to teach other chimpanzees to do so.

passed this new behavior to relatives.

were never able to learn to use a sharp edge to cut.

none of the above


In studies of primate cognition and tool use, researchers have taughtchimpanzees to crack open nuts with stones. Later in life, these chimpanzees have taught other young chimpanzees and offspring the same skill. This could be considered:social transmission of learned behavior.

a type of culture that is learned and passed between individuals.

evidence of the cognitive capabilities of primates.

all of the above


The Earth is about 4.6 billion years old.True

False


Rapid burial after death usually impedes fossilization.True

False


Historically speaking, scientists were able to provide relative ages for fossils before they were able to provide numerical ages.True

False


The chemical signature of volcanic ash layers can be used to correlate sites across vast regions.True

False


The English surveyor who developed the technique of stratigraphic correlation between regions was:Richard Owen.

William Smith.

Charles Lyell.

Alfred Wallace.


The study of what happens to an organisms remains after death is:taphonomy.

archaeology.

cryptozoology.

biology.


The theory that species persist for long periods and then undergo rapid spurts of evolutionary change is:punctuated equilibrium.

phyletic gradualism.

parallel evolution.

convergent evolution.


If fossil species A is consistently recovered from geological deposits beneath layers containing fossil species B, then A is considered older than B. This relative dating technique is based on the principle of:fluorine analysis.

geolayering.

superposition.

paleomagnetism.


One of the only fossil sites in the world that preserves a great deal of evidence for anthropoid evolution during the Eocene and Oligocene epochs is:Solnhofen, Germany.

Zhoukoudian, China.

Fayum, Egypt.

Cambria, England.


Prior to the invention of absolute dating techniques, one of the chemical dating methods useful for establishing the relative age of fossils from a single site was:electron spin resonance dating.

thermoluminescence dating.

fission track dating.

fluorine dating.


Biostratigraphic dating relies on:the concentration of fluorine in the soil and in groundwater.

radioactive decay of carbon to nitrogen.

the first and last appearances of species in the fossil record.

magnetic shifts in the earths interior.


The absolute dating method that involves counting the annual rings visible in the cross-section of a tree is called:arborchronology.

dendrochronology.

luminescence dating.

fission track dating.


With a half-life of 5,730 years,14C dating is useful for dating carbon-bearing objects as far back as:500,000 years ago.

50,000 years ago.

5 mya.

50 mya.


Which dating method would be most appropriate for establishing the age of a volcanic ash layer from an early hominid site in eastern Africa?amino acid dating

14C dating

electron spin resonance dating

40K/40Ar dating


What do geologists call the oldest portion of Earths history, accounting for roughly 87% of that history?Triassic period

Paleozoic era

Precambrian eon

Pleistocene epoch


A diagram (family tree) that proposes hypothetical ancestor-descendant relationships between species is a:chronology.

dendrogram.

lexigram.

phylogeny.


Which of the following has the greatest likelihood of becoming fossilized?teeth

vertebrae

muscle tissue

skin


The time it takes for 50% of an unstable isotope to decay to a stable form is called the:half-life.

demi-dose

middlemorph.

semichron.


The absolute dating technique that emerged as a result of research into constructing the atomic bomb during World War II is:fission-track dating.

40K/40Ar dating.

14C dating.

thermoluminescence dating.


The dating technique in which proteins are examined under high magnification using polarized light is:luminescence dating.

amino-acid racemization dating.

electron spin resonance dating.

fission-track dating.

ONLINE EXAM #1


DNA:is single stranded.

contains six different nucleotide bases.

directs cellular function.

contains the base uracil.


Gametes are:diploid.

haploid.

produced during mitosis.

None of the above.


Mitochondrial DNA is contained within the cells nucleus.True

False


The presence of a recessive allele:can always be determined from the phenotype.

is usually masked in the phenotype.

is expressed in the phenotype alongside a dominant allele.

None of the above.


In mammals, the male parents gametes determine the sex of his offspring because:the X chromosome originates only from females.

sperm are more powerful than eggs.

the Y chromosome is present in males only.

the X chromosome determines sex.


Proteins consist of:genes.

RNA plus mRNA.

chains of DNA nucleotides.

chains of amino acids.


In order for traits to respond to natural selection, they must be heritable.True

False


An individual that is homozygous at the locus that determines ABO blood type may have any of the following except:type AB blood.

type O blood.

type A blood.

type B blood.


Meiosis results in the production of:two gametes.

four gametes.

a single gamete.

None of the above.


DNA replication takes place only during the production of new gametes.True

False


Human ABO blood types are:determined by regulatory genes.

controlled by multiple alleles.

controlled by multiple genes.

None of the above.


The following are complementary bases in DNA:adenine and thymine.

adenine and cytosine.

guanine and thymine.

guanine and uracil.

question set


Genetic drift is the force of evolution that is most powerful when acting on very large populations.True

False


The inability to taste PTC indicates a homozygous recessive genotype.True

False


The evolution of the modern horse with a single hoof on each limb from a dog-sized ancestor with multiple digits is an example of:macroevolution.

stabilizing selection.

disruptive selection.

microevolution.


Mutation is one of many sources of new alleles.True

False


The substitution of one DNA base for another due to a mistake during replication is called a:gene drift.

founder effect.

gene.

point mutation.


The vector for transmitting the malarial parasite to humans is:dirty drinking water.

mosquitoes.

rats.

monkeys.


All of the alleles contained within a group of interbreeding individuals is called a:gene pool.

population.

clinal distribution.

polymorphism.


Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium assumes:strong selection pressure on the trait(s) being studied.

a significant mutation rate from generation to generation.

gene flow that is equal both into and out of the population.

no gene flow, mutation, genetic drift, or natural selection.


Spontaneous mutation is the result of:unknown causes.

X-rays.

toxic chemicals.

UV radiation.


Another name for the evolutionary force called gene flow is:founder effect.

disruptive selection.

admixture.

transposition.


Malaria is caused by:bites from infected mosquitoes.

a genetic mutation.

drinking bad water.

eating spoiled food.


Which of the following is necessary for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium to be maintained?negative assortative mating

positive assortative mating

random mating

inbreeding


Evolution can best be defined as:the appearance of a new species.

a change in allele frequencies in a breeding population over time.

changes in the DNA of an individual over his or her lifetime.

a process that occurs only over extremely long periods of time.

Question Set


Recent studies have confirmed Darwins hypothesis that the earliest hominids originated in grasslands.True

False


Physical anthropology does NOT include:archaeology.

linguistics.

forensics.

genetics.


Darwins observation that bipedalism frees the hand to hold objects led him to hypothesize that tool use was an important selective pressure on bipedalism.True

False


Margaret Mead was:an early cultural anthropologist who worked in Papua New Guinea.

a physical anthropologist who studied short stature among people in Papua New Guinea.

an early linguist who worked on the evolution of language.

None of the above.


Physical anthropologists assisted with the identification of victims at New Yorks World Trade Center after 9/11.True

False


Anthropology includes the study of:the use and social context of language.

fossil humans and their closest relatives.

prehistoric societies and artifacts.

All of the above.


Culture is:genetically determined.

too vague to be important for physical anthropologists.

learned behavior transmitted from person to person.

the same worldwide.


The nonhoning canine in both humans and our ancestors:evolved before bipedalism.

is used in threat displays by males.

disappeared after hominids began to make and use tools for food processing.

allows us to process plant and meat foods that require shredding.


Forensic anthropology:applies anthropological techniques to modern crime scenes and disasters.

is the study of trauma in ancient populations.

examines the relationship between biological and cultural evolution.

is the study of nonhuman primates.


Language:is a set of symbols that refer to things other than themselves.

is used by wild chimpanzees to transfer knowledge between individuals and generations.

as a concept, refers to all primate communication.

All of the above.


Physical anthropology includes the study of linguistic variation as it relates to climate.True

False


Changes in the skeletons of populations on St. Catherines Island, near Georgia, revealed that:postcontact native populations became taller after the Spanish arrived.

precontact Native Americans suffered from poor dental health and poor nutrition.

health and stature declined with a transition to hunting and gathering.

health and stature declined with the adoption of agriculture.

Question Set


Before 1700, most Western scientists thought the Earth was about 4.6 billion years old.True

False


Mutation is the only source of new genetic material.True

False


The idea of catastrophism is attributed to:Charles Darwin.

Charles Lyell.

Georges Cuvier.

Comte Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon.


Gene flow increases the number of genetic differences between populations.True

False


Carolus Linnaeus:was a proponent of evolutionary change.

developed a classification system for plants and animals.

was a supporter of Charles Darwin.

developed theories of natural selection.


Mendels discrete units responsible for the characteristics in his pea plants are now known as chromosomes.True

False


The physical expression of an organisms genetic constitution is called the:karyotype.

phenotype.

stereotype.

genotype.


Alfred Wallace was:an English naturalist who arrived at many of the same conclusions as Darwin.

mistakenly credited with the theory of natural selection.

a British dog breeder who worked on artificial selection experiments.

known for gathering even more evidence to support evolution than Darwin did.


All of the following are formal taxonomic categories EXCEPT:kingdom.

population.

order.

family.


Natural selection works on preexisting variation in a population.True

False


The classification of past and living life forms is:paleontology.

taxonomy.

geology.

demography.


Genetic drift is most powerful as an evolutionary cause when operating on small populations.True

False


In 1962, Watson and Crick were awarded the Nobel Prize for their 1953 discovery that the structure of the DNA molecule was:a triple helix.

circular.

linear.

a double helix.

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