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