Cp Bio 2 Final Exam Review 2 (2013)

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1.

The ancient bipedal hominid called "Taung Child" is a member of which species?
- A.
  
  Australopithecus aferensis
- B.
  
  Australopithecus africanus
- C.
  
  Homo sapiens
- D.
  
  Homo erectus
2.

The ancient bipedal hominid called "Lucy" is a member of which species?
- A.
  
  Australopithecus aferensis
- B.
  
  Australopithecus africanus
- C.
  
  Homo sapiens
- D.
  
  Homo erectus
3.

The ancient bipedal hominid called "Handy Man" is a member of which species?
- A.
  
  Homo neanderthalensis
- B.
  
  Homo habilis
- C.
  
  Homo sapiens
- D.
  
  Homo erectus
4.

Modern humans are members of which species?
- A.
  
  Homo neanderthalensis
- B.
  
  Homo habilis
- C.
  
  Homo sapiens
- D.
  
  Homo erectus
5.

Which of the following is not a monkey?
- A.
  
  Homo sapiens
- B.
  
  Baboon
- C.
  
  Lemur
- D.
  
  Tarsier
6.

The oldest living primate group are the ___.
- A.
  
  Prosimians
- B.
  
  Old world monkeys
- C.
  
  Hominids
- D.
  
  Gorillas
7.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of hominids?
- A.
  
  Prehensile tails
- B.
  
  Walking upright
- C.
  
  Opposable thumbs
- D.
  
  Large brains
8.

What is the only hominid to co-exist with Homo sapiens in Europe?
- A.
  
  Homo erectus
- B.
  
  Homo neanderthalensis
- C.
  
  Homo habilis
- D.
  
  Homo robustus
9.

Humans are thought to be descendants of ___.
- A.
  
  Homo erectus
- B.
  
  Homo neanderthalensis
- C.
  
  Homo habilis
- D.
  
  Paranthropus boisei
10.

What two groups are most hominid species classified into?
- A.
  
  Australopithecus and Homo
- B.
  
  Africanus and habilis
- C.
  
  Homo and sapiens
- D.
  
  Australopithecus and Anthropida
11.

In searching for the origins of humanity, what characteristic did scientists identify as the first step in human evolution?
- A.
  
  Bipedal locomotion
- B.
  
  Language
- C.
  
  Art and imagination
- D.
  
  Large brain
12.

Why is it most common to find only the skull of an ancient hominid?
- A.
  
  They only buried the heads of the dead.
- B.
  
  Scavengers can carry off the smaller bones much more easily.
- C.
  
  Skulls tend to look more like rocks.
- D.
  
  Other hominids cannibalize their dead.
13.

Scientist often take dirt samples from the area around the fossil find. They do this to ....
- A.
  
  Help determine the relative age of the fossil
- B.
  
  Keep the fossil from rotting
- C.
  
  Provide visual context for where the fossil was found
- D.
  
  Provide a keep-sake of the discovery
14.

To help unravel the mysteries of human evolution, paleoanthropologists use all of the following except ___.
- A.
  
  Fossilized bones
- B.
  
  Endocasts of the brains
- C.
  
  Molecular clocks
- D.
  
  Written historical records
15.

Which of the following facts supporting evolution would be found in the study of paleontology?
- A.
  
  Embryos of very different organisms have very similar developmental stages.
- B.
  
  A bats wing and a whales flipper have very similar bone structure.
- C.
  
  Large, flightless birds are found on different continents: Australia (Emu), Africa (Ostrich), and Rhea (South America).
- D.
  
  More primative fossils are found below more complex fossils in the rock layers.
16.

All of the following branches of science provide evidence for evolution EXCEPT ___.
- A.
  
  Biogeography
- B.
  
  Embriology
- C.
  
  Paleontology
- D.
  
  Oncology
17.

Modern whales have vestigieal pelvic bones and lungs instead of gills. What does this evidence suggest about whale ancestors?
- A.
  
  Whale ancestors lived on land.
- B.
  
  Whale ancestors did not evolve.
- C.
  
  Whale ancestors lived 850 million years ago.
- D.
  
  Whale ancestors ate opossums.
18.

The wing of an ostrich would be classified as a(n) ___.
- A.
  
  Homologous structure
- B.
  
  Analogous structure
- C.
  
  Vestigial structure
- D.
  
  Fossil structure
19.

Charles Darwin's poetic grandfather was ___.
- A.
  
  Erasmus Darwin
- B.
  
  Eugene Darwin
- C.
  
  Carolus Linnaeus
- D.
  
  Georges de Buffon
20.

The process of biological change over time by which descendants come to differ from their ancestors is called ___.
- A.
  
  Evolution
- B.
  
  Artificial selection
- C.
  
  Uniformitarianism
- D.
  
  Mutation
21.

Charles Darwin found fossils that looked like ancient versions of living species. From this evidence Darwin suggested that Earth was
- A.
  
  Only 6000 years old.
- B.
  
  Only 2000 years old.
- C.
  
  Less than 6000 years old.
- D.
  
  Much more than 6000 years old.
22.

Which theory states that floods and earthquakes have occurred often in Earth's history?
- A.
  
  Catastrophism
- B.
  
  Uniformitarianism
- C.
  
  Gradualism
- D.
  
  Natural selection
23.

Which scientist developed a classification system for organisms?
- A.
  
  Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
- B.
  
  Carolus Linnaeus
- C.
  
  Charles Darwin
- D.
  
  Georges de Buffon
24.

What is the term for a feature that allows an organism to survive better in its environment?
- A.
  
  Variation
- B.
  
  Adaptation
- C.
  
  Homologous structure
- D.
  
  Vestigial structure
25.

If an organism has a vestigial structure, that structure likely once had a function in a(n)
- A.
  
  Earlier ancestor.
- B.
  
  Close relative.
- C.
  
  Unrelated organism.
- D.
  
  Embryological stage.