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