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