Download BIO1300 – PRACTICE Midterm1 2016

Name:_____________________________Student#:_________________________
BIO1300–TheHumanAnimal
ProfessorAdamOliverBrown
PRACTICEMidterm1
February12,2016
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Thisisaclosedbookexam
- writeyournameandstudent#atthetopofEACHpage
- checkthatyourexamiscomplete,thereare6pagesinall
- thinkcarefullyandanswerthequestionsthoughtfully,
drawingupontheinformationandusingtheterminology
thatyouhavelearnedinthiscourse
- usecompletesentences,notdiagramsorequations
- thisexamwilllastfor80min.
- GoodLuck!
Multiple Choice
Short Answer
Total
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PartI–MultipleChoice(1pointeach):circlethemostcorrectanswer
1. WhichofthefollowingisNOTanobservationassociatedwithnatural
selection?
a. allorganismshavethepotentialforexplosivepopulationgrowth
b. populationstendtobestable
c. natureisfullofvariation
d. creaturescanwilltheirowntransformations
2. CentraltoDarwin’sideasistheobservationthat__________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
populationshavelimitedpotentialforgrowth
creatureswithinaspeciesalltendtolookthesame
natureisfullofvariation
artificialselectionbearsnoresemblancetonaturalselection
3. Whendiscussingnaturalselection,theterm“fitness”isbestthoughtofas
__________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
areferencetophysicalfitness
reproductivesuccess
strength
noneofthese
4. Inorderforevolutionbynaturalselectiontooccur,__________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
thetraitinquestionmustbeinherited
thetraitinquestionmustvarybetweenindividuals
theremustbeenvironmentalpressure
allofthese
5. The__________aredirectlyinvolvedinreproduction.
a.
b.
c.
d.
skincells
gametes
stemcells
noneofthese
6. Whichofthefollowingbestdefinesthetermallele?
a.
b.
c.
d.
asexcell
thelocationofageneonachromosome
thestateoftheDNAbeforereplication
aversionofagene
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7. Whichofthefollowingisbestdefinedasthedifferentialreproductivesuccess
amongmembersofthesamespecies?
a.
b.
c.
d.
sexualselection
geneticbottleneck
foundereffect
sexualdimorphism
8. Featuresthatarehomologousaresimilardueto__________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
convergentevolution
parallelevolution
similarpatternsofuse
sharedevolutionaryhistory
9. Ingeneral,primatesaretypifiedby__________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
largebrains
ahighdegreeoflearnedbehavior
graspinghands
allofthese
10. Strataare__________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
layersofrock
tracefossils
petrifiedremainsoforganisms
noneofthese
11. TheMesozoicspansfrom__________yearsago.
a.
b.
c.
d.
4.5millionto60,000
4.5billionto543million
5.43billionto45million
250millionto65million
12. Whatisaparent-isotope?
a.
b.
c.
d.
aradiometricdatingtechnique
acalibratedchemicalstratum
theoriginalradioactiveisotopeinasample
theisotopethatisproducedastheresultofradioactivedecay
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13. Thefundamentaladaptationthatdefineshomininsis__________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
tooluse
complexsocialinteraction
increasedcranialcapacity
uprightposture
14. Thelegattainedmodernhumanproportionswiththeoriginof__________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Ardipithecusramidus
Homoerectus
Australopithecusafarensis
Homosapiens
15. Sahelanthropustchadensiswasdiscoveredin__________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Chad
Mali
Ethiopia
Tanzania
16. Thefamousfossilspecimen"Lucy"isarepresentativeofwhich
Australopithecinespecies?
a.
b.
c.
d.
anamensis
afarensis
africanus
garhi
17. HomoerectusappearedinAfricaabout__________yearsago.
a.
b.
c.
d.
180,000
8million
1.8million
18,000
18. The inner layer of skin that contains blood vessels, nerves, sweat glands, oil
glands, and hair follicles is called the ________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
epidermis
hypodermis
dermis
melanin
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19. Which layer of skin lacks blood vessels?
a.
b.
c.
d.
hypodermis
subcutaneous
epidermis
dermis
20. The sebaceous glands associated with hair follicles produce ________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
sweat
sebum
pheromones
keratin
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PartII–ShortAnswer:(5pointseach)–
brieflyandconciselydiscussonly3ofthefollowing4conceptsastheyrelateto
thiscourse.
1-Compareandcontrasttheskeletonofamodernchimpanzeeandhumansastheir
differencesrelatetotheevolutionofbipedalismfrombrachiation.
2-Describeandexplainthefactorsthatledtothe‘GreatLeap’inbecomingmodern
humans.
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3-Explaintheprocessandmechanismsinvolvedwiththewaythathumanshave
contributedtothegreenhouseeffectthathasledtoclimatechange.
4-Explaintheroleofapocrineglandsinthechemicalcommunicationbetween
humansduringmatechoice.
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