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Chapter 7: Primates Quiz
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1.
The form that something takes is called
quantitative
primates
morphology
cercopithedae
2.
__________________ created a taxonomy of life based on morphology
Carolus Linnaeus
Thomas Hobbes
Charles Darwin
Franz Boas
3.
Primates trends include
all are correct
highly social
stereoscopic vision
long period of juvenile development
grasping hands
4.
All primates have true opposable thumbs.
No, but the all have grasping hands.
Yes, all primates have five fingers and opposable thumbs.
5.
Low ranking baboons with few social connections have
low stress levels
high stress levels
6.
Primates use their large complex brains for
problem solving/finding food
navigating complex social situations
all are correct
7.
All ____________ live on Madagascar and all are threatened.
monkeys
lemurs
slow lorises
apes
8.
Lemurs retain more features of earlier fossil primates than do monkeys and apes.
True
False
9.
Lemurs use _____________ to self-medicate.
millipedes
ayahuasca
cannibis
cacao leaves
honey
10.
Only New World Monkeys have prehensile tails.
False
True
11.
Old World monkeys live in Africa and South A.sia
True
False
12.
Gibbons move by
flying
brachiating
knuckle-walking
clinging and leaping
13.
The largest ape is the
gibbon
pygmy marmoset
gorilla
chimpanzee
14.
The only breeding male in a gorilla troop is called a
silverback
lineback
goldstar
silver-fox
15.
Chimpanzees use the most tools of any primate.
True
False
16.
Male chimpanzees are able to rise through the dominance hierarchy by
brachiating
being the strongest
eating millipedes
forming male coalitions
17.
The cultural relationship relationship between humans and other primates is called
orangutology
chimpology
ethnoprimatology
paleontology
18.
Bonobos use ______ to alleviate social tension.
social media
drugs
sex
rock and roll
19.
Gorillas are mainly carnivores.
True
False
20.
Chimpanzees and gorillas are
knuckle walkers
brachiators
solitary
strict fruitarians
21.
At Virunga National Park
captive orangutans are returned to the wild
primatologists study lemurs
chimpanzees go to retire
more than 150 rangers have been killed protecting the mountain gorillas
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