Chapter 4 Practice Quiz

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. Unlike humans, chimpanzee and monkey parents are much less likely to _______.

feed their young correct incorrect

hold their young correct incorrect

be close to their young correct incorrect

actively teach their young correct incorrect

socialize their young correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is a feature of primates?

Generalized limbs with nails and touch sensitivity correct incorrect

Colour and stereoscopic vision correct incorrect

Generalized dental pattern correct incorrect

Tool use correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. The attribution of human characteristics to non-human animals is called _______.

homologism correct incorrect

anthropomorphism correct incorrect

primativism correct incorrect

relativism correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Biologists assign Latin names to the genus and species of an organism through a method of classification called _______.

agronomy correct incorrect

definition correct incorrect

taxonomy correct incorrect

taxidermy correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. To avoid confusing genetic inheritance with similar physical features caused by similar environmental adaptations, some taxonomists have developed the method of _______.

cladistics correct incorrect

homology correct incorrect

homoplasy correct incorrect

anthropomorphsim correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Lorises and lemurs are distinguished from monkeys in part because _______.

they are small correct incorrect

they live in trees correct incorrect

they are nocturnal correct incorrect

they have tails correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Baboons are a species of _______.

New World Monkeys correct incorrect

Great apes correct incorrect

Prosimians correct incorrect

Old World Monkeys correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Gibbons are the smallest of the apes and have which of the following characteristics?

They show no sexual dimporphism in size correct incorrect

They are monogamous correct incorrect

Males contribute care to their offspring correct incorrect

They have a strong sense of territory correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not true about chimpanzees?

They deliberately make tools to help them find food correct incorrect

Their tool use patterns vary regionally correct incorrect

Forest dwellers are more likely to hunt in groups correct incorrect

They are omnivorous correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following are ancestral characteristics that primates inherited from their non-primate mammalian ancestors?

The presence of five digits on the hands and the feet correct incorrect

The presence of the clavicle, or collar bone correct incorrect

The use of the palms of the hands and the feet for walking correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Comparing human beings and primate species has little potential for insights into our evolutionary past.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Strepsirrhines include tarsiers, monkeys and apes.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. New World monkeys are distinguished, in part, by prehensile tails.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The first haplorhines that evolved in Africa during the early Miocene were very diverse.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Macaques are the most widely distributed genus in the world.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Most primate species do not show much sexual dimorphism in size.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Mature orangutans are extremely solitary.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Gorillas are omnivorous.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Chimps and bonobos eat both plant and animal foods.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Bonobos have been observed using tools in their native habitats.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect