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KEY TO QUIZ # 2
CHAPTERS 3,4, AND 5
ANTHRO 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE: CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER
1. Transfer RNA:
a. seeks complementary triplet strands of mRNA codons.
b. contains codons that correspond to specific amino acids.
c. brings amino acids together to form polypeptide chains.
d. all of the above
ANS: D
REF: Pages 76–77
TOP: Translation
2. Proteins consist of:
a. genes.
b. RNA plus mRNA.
c. chains of DNA nucleotides.
d. chains of amino acids.
ANS: D
REF: Page 72
TOP: Producing Proteins
3. DNA replication produces:
a. four identical daughter cells.
b. two identical daughter cells.
c. two single strands of DNA.
d. none of the above
ANS: B
REF: Page 72
TOP: Producing Proteins
4.Malaria is caused by:
a. bites from infected mosquitoes.
b. a genetic mutation.
c. drinking bad water.
d. eating spoiled food.
ANS: A
REF: Page 107
TOP: Natural Selection
5.Together, all of the alleles contained within a group of interbreeding individuals is
known as a:
a. gene pool.
b. population.
c. clinal distribution.
d. polymorphism.
ANS: A
REF: Page 88
TOP: Demes, Reproductive Isolation, and Species
6. The best-documented case of industrial melanism involves:
a. Galápagos finches.
b. dung beetles.
c. monarch butterflies.
d. peppered moths.
ANS: D
REF: Page 100
TOP: Animal Examples: Peppered Moth
7. Robert Lewontin found that human “races” have no taxonomic significance.
He demonstrated this:
a. through research indicating that most genetic variation is found among
human races.
b. through research indicating that most genetic variation is found across
human populations.
c. through the examination of variation in multiple human skull
characteristics.
d. through research that examined genetic diversity across different species of mammals
ANS: B
REF: Page 123
TOP: History of Race Concept
8. When epiphyses fuse to the diaphyses:
a. long bone growth is slowed.
b. full adult height is attained.
c. the adolescent growth spurt begins.
d. is largely determined by the environment.
ANS: B
REF: Page 129
TOP: Postnatal
9. Ethnographic evidence from around the world shows that postmenopausal
women do all of the following EXCEPT:
a. die young.
b. play important roles in provisioning grandchildren.
c. act as repositories of information about culture and society.
d. contribute to their daughters’ reproductive success.
ANS: A
NOT: Factual
DIF: Easy
REF: Page 135
TOP: Grandmothering (2.c.ii)
10. Hypoxia has been shown to be an agent of natural selection in that Tibetan women:
a. at high altitudes had fewer surviving children.
b. with alleles for high oxygen saturation in their hemoglobin had more surviving
children.
c. with alleles for high oxygen saturation in their hemoglobin had fewer surviving
children.
d. have poor nutrition.
ANS: B
REF: Pages 143–144
TOP: High Altitude