BIO 211Test Bank for The Essence of Anthropology 4th Edition

Test Bank for The Essence of Anthropology 4th Edition




True / False

1. Evolution is the central organizing principle of the biological sciences.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 31
OTHER: Factual
NOTES: Pickup

2. Linnaeus’s classificatory system reflected a new understanding of life on earth at that time.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 32
OTHER: Conceptual
NOTES: New

3. Humans are primates.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 32
OTHER: Factual
NOTES: Pickup

4. The “system of nature” is an approach to classify all of animate and inanimate nature.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: 32
OTHER: Factual
NOTES: Pickup

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5. Taxonomy is an ancient form of classification created by Linnaeus that is no longer used today.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: 32
OTHER: Factual
NOTES: Pickup

6. A bat’s wing is analogous to a human hand.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: 32
OTHER: Conceptual
NOTES: Pickup

7. Uniformitarianism is a more recent theory than catastrophism.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 33
OTHER: Factual
NOTES: New

8. Even prior to Darwin’s publication, many European naturalists accepted the idea that life had evolved.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 33
OTHER: Conceptual
NOTES: Pickup

9. Mendel published his findings in a respectable scientific journal, but no one understood their significance until after
his death.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 35
OTHER: Conceptual
NOTES: Pickup

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10. Genes are particulate, meaning that they are separate structures rather than portions of DNA.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: 36
OTHER: Conceptual
NOTES: Pickup

11. Darwin could not initially understand how variation occurred in living organisms.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 35
OTHER: Conceptual
NOTES: New

12. DNA provides the instruction for the thousands of proteins that keep us healthy every day.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 36
OTHER: Factual
NOTES: Pickup

13. The complete sequence of human DNA is called the genome.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 37
OTHER: Factual
NOTES: Pickup

14. If two body cells merge in meiosis, the result is a cell with 46 pairs of chromosomes.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: 40
OTHER: Factual
NOTES: Pickup

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15. Testing for DNA is the best way to determine those who form part of an individual’s family.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: 41
OTHER: Conceptual
NOTES: New

16. When two alleles on the same gene are not identical, they are called heterozygous.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 42
OTHER: Factual
NOTES: New

17. In the search for disease cures, scientists often predict an individual’s genotype.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: 42
OTHER: Conceptual
NOTES: Pickup

18. The only source of new genetic material is random drift.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: 44
OTHER: Factual
NOTES: Pickup

19. Founder effects are a kind of genetic drift.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 45
OTHER: Conceptual
NOTES: Pickup