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Chapter 7: Primates Quiz
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1.
The form that something takes is called
primates
morphology
cercopithedae
quantitative
2.
__________________ created a taxonomy of life based on morphology
Franz Boas
Thomas Hobbes
Charles Darwin
Carolus Linnaeus
3.
Primates trends include
highly social
all are correct
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
high stress levels
low stress levels
6.
Primates use their large complex brains for
navigating complex social situations
problem solving/finding food
all are correct
7.
All ____________ live on Madagascar and all are threatened.
apes
slow lorises
monkeys
lemurs
8.
Lemurs retain more features of earlier fossil primates than do monkeys and apes.
False
True
9.
Lemurs use _____________ to self-medicate.
millipedes
cacao leaves
cannibis
honey
ayahuasca
10.
Only New World Monkeys have prehensile tails.
True
False
11.
Old World monkeys live in Africa and South A.sia
False
True
12.
Gibbons move by
brachiating
clinging and leaping
knuckle-walking
flying
13.
The largest ape is the
gibbon
pygmy marmoset
gorilla
chimpanzee
14.
The only breeding male in a gorilla troop is called a
goldstar
silver-fox
lineback
silverback
15.
Chimpanzees use the most tools of any primate.
False
True
16.
Male chimpanzees are able to rise through the dominance hierarchy by
brachiating
eating millipedes
being the strongest
forming male coalitions
17.
The cultural relationship relationship between humans and other primates is called
ethnoprimatology
orangutology
chimpology
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
solitary
strict fruitarians
brachiators
21.
At Virunga National Park
primatologists study lemurs
more than 150 rangers have been killed protecting the mountain gorillas
chimpanzees go to retire
captive orangutans are returned to the wild
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