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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
Carolus Linnaeus
Franz Boas
Charles Darwin
Thomas Hobbes
Primates trends include
highly social
stereoscopic vision
long period of juvenile development
grasping hands
all are correct
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
navigating complex social situations
all are correct
All ____________ live on Madagascar and all are threatened.
monkeys
lemurs
slow lorises
apes
Lemurs retain more features of earlier fossil primates than do monkeys and apes.
True
False
Lemurs use _____________ to self-medicate.
ayahuasca
cacao leaves
honey
cannibis
millipedes
Only New World Monkeys have prehensile tails.
True
False
Old World monkeys live in Africa and South A.sia
False
True
Gibbons move by
knuckle-walking
brachiating
flying
clinging and leaping
The largest ape is the
gorilla
pygmy marmoset
chimpanzee
gibbon
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
forming male coalitions
brachiating
eating millipedes
being the strongest
The cultural relationship relationship between humans and other primates is called
ethnoprimatology
paleontology
orangutology
chimpology
Bonobos use ______ to alleviate social tension.
social media
sex
rock and roll
drugs
Gorillas are mainly carnivores.
True
False
Chimpanzees and gorillas are
solitary
strict fruitarians
brachiators
knuckle walkers
At Virunga National Park
captive orangutans are returned to the wild
primatologists study lemurs
chimpanzees go to retire
more than 150 rangers have been killed protecting the mountain gorillas
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