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Chapter 7: Primates Quiz
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The form that something takes is called
quantitative
morphology
cercopithedae
primates
__________________ created a taxonomy of life based on morphology
Charles Darwin
Franz Boas
Carolus Linnaeus
Thomas Hobbes
Primates trends include
highly social
all are correct
stereoscopic vision
grasping hands
long period of juvenile development
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
problem solving/finding food
all are correct
navigating complex social situations
All ____________ live on Madagascar and all are threatened.
lemurs
monkeys
slow lorises
apes
Lemurs retain more features of earlier fossil primates than do monkeys and apes.
True
False
Lemurs use _____________ to self-medicate.
cannibis
ayahuasca
millipedes
cacao leaves
honey
Only New World Monkeys have prehensile tails.
False
True
Old World monkeys live in Africa and South A.sia
True
False
Gibbons move by
clinging and leaping
brachiating
knuckle-walking
flying
The largest ape is the
chimpanzee
gibbon
pygmy marmoset
gorilla
The only breeding male in a gorilla troop is called a
goldstar
silverback
silver-fox
lineback
Chimpanzees use the most tools of any primate.
False
True
Male chimpanzees are able to rise through the dominance hierarchy by
eating millipedes
being the strongest
brachiating
forming male coalitions
The cultural relationship relationship between humans and other primates is called
chimpology
orangutology
paleontology
ethnoprimatology
Bonobos use ______ to alleviate social tension.
rock and roll
sex
drugs
social media
Gorillas are mainly carnivores.
True
False
Chimpanzees and gorillas are
strict fruitarians
brachiators
knuckle walkers
solitary
At Virunga National Park
chimpanzees go to retire
captive orangutans are returned to the wild
more than 150 rangers have been killed protecting the mountain gorillas
primatologists study lemurs
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