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