Primates & Mammals 2024

What does nocturnal mean?

• They are only active in the day

• They are only active at night

• They are fighting in the night

• They are fighting in the day

Primates are adapted primarliy for_________________ type motion.

• terrestrial

• sessile

• fossorial

• brachiation

______________ are a group of mammals that includes humans,  apes, monkeys, and lemurs.

• primates
• hominoids
• hominins
• primoids

An _______________ first digit, either a thumb or a toe,  can be brought across the palm or foot to touch   (or nearly touch) the other digits allowing primates to grasp objects.

• opposable
• flexible
• operable
• adjustable

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_______________________ (forward-looking eyes) provide depth perception and enable primates to judge distance and movement of an object.

• Binocular vision
• Monocular vision
• Optical vision
• Holoptic vision

Most primates are _____________ which means they are active during the day.

• diurnal
• nocturnal
• triurnal
• monournal

After a long pregnancy, primates give birth usually to one infant. Newborn infants depend on their mothers for a long time. This allows infants to ___________________.

• learn complex social behaviors**

• learn how to find and collect food
• learn complex survival  skills

• learn how to fight predators

Dexterity is a key primate trait that allows for the grasping and manipulation of objects

• True
• False

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Some primates have a prehensile tail, acting as a fifth limb

• True

• False

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What is human evolution?

• Long process of change by which primates became modern humans

• Long process of change by which humans became modern primates

• Long process of change by which humans became homo habilis

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