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Which taxonomy order is correct? |
| | A) | species, phylum, class, order, family, genus, kingdom |
| | B) | family, kingdom, species, genus, phylum, order, class |
| | C) | kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species |
| | D) | class, kingdom, species, phylum, order, family, genus |
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What characteristic marks the kingdom Animalia? |
| | A) | ingestion of food |
| | B) | sense organs |
| | C) | nervous systems |
| | D) | all the above |
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The bony spine is an evolutionary descendent of the: |
| | A) | harpsichord |
| | B) | notochord |
| | C) | nerve chord |
| | D) | chordate |
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A classification system based on the order of evolutionary branching rather than on present similarities and differences is called: |
| | A) | brachiation |
| | B) | taxon |
| | C) | Linnaean taxonomy |
| | D) | cladistics |
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Stereoscopic vision is also known as: |
| | A) | one-dimensional vision |
| | B) | two-dimensional vision |
| | C) | three-dimensional vision |
| | D) | four-dimensional vision |
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The locomotor pattern of MOST primates is: |
| | A) | quadrupedal |
| | B) | tripedal |
| | C) | bipedal |
| | D) | unipedal |
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Opposability allows primates to: |
| | A) | swing through trees |
| | B) | manipulate small objects |
| | C) | walk on two legs |
| | D) | all the above |
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Primates have more to learn than most animals in order to survive. Therefore they: |
| | A) | have a long period of dependency after birth |
| | B) | have to go to school |
| | C) | eat lots of potassium rich foods like bananas |
| | D) | all the above |
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What purpose do the facial features and color patterns found on primates serve? |
| | A) | indicates when a primate is in estrus |
| | B) | serves as camouflage |
| | C) | allows primates to identify one another |
| | D) | marks the emotional state of the primate |
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Individual differences in power, influence, and access to resources and mating is called: |
| | A) | social status |
| | B) | dominance hierarchy |
| | C) | survival of the fittest |
| | D) | American politics |
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Primates are adapted to an arboreal environment through: |
| | A) | well-developed vision |
| | B) | manual dexterity |
| | C) | large, complex brains |
| | D) | all the above |
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Lemurs fall under which suborder? |
| | A) | prosimii |
| | B) | anthropoidea |
| | C) | haplorhini |
| | D) | hominoidea |
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Old World monkeys DO NOT have: |
| | A) | catarrhine noses |
| | B) | prehensile tails |
| | C) | stereoscopic vision |
| | D) | opposable thumbs |
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Brachiation refers to: |
| | A) | the ability to stop quickly |
| | B) | locomotion using arm-over-arm swinging |
| | C) | widely spaced nostrils |
| | D) | enlarged fingertips and toetips |
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Which ape does not live in a social group? |
| | A) | bonobo |
| | B) | gorilla |
| | C) | chimpanzee |
| | D) | orangutan |
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education