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Anthropology Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How do we define evolution?

a)

A change in taxonomic groups over time

b)

A change in allele frequency over time

c)

A change in evolution over time

d)

A change in gene flow over time

2.

What does Linguistics study?

a)

Pasta

b)

Speech

c)

Bones

d)

Language

3.

What does Archaeology study?

a)

Ancient Artifacts

b)

Ancient Laws

c)

Ancient Traditions

d)

Ancient Food

4.

How many branches of Anthropology are there?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

5.

The scientific study of the origin, behavior, as well as the physical, social and cultural development of humans.

a)

epiphysis

b)

osteobiography

c)

osteoporosis

d)

anthropology

6.

Studies the biological dimensions of humans and other primates

a)

Archeology

b)

Biological Anthropology

c)

Linguistics

d)

Social/Cultural Anthropology

7.

Pioneered the study of Natural Selection.

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Francis Griffin

c)

John Green

d)

Wallace Smith

8.

A general understanding of genetics would assume that two brown-haired parents would have a ______-haired child.

a)

Blonde

b)

Brown

c)

Red

d)

Green

9.

Which of these traits are considered recessive?

a)

Brown eyes

b)

Red Hair

c)

Brown Hair

d)

Blue eyes

10.

Dinosaurs are the ancestors of which modern creatures?

a)

Marsupials

b)

Monkeys

c)

Humans

d)

Birds

11.

Approximately how long ago did humans and modern apes split into differing genetic branches?

a)

6 miilion years

b)

2 million years

c)

10,000 years

d)

10 million years

12.

According to the Nova Lab, mushrooms are closer related to geckos than palm trees because ______

a)

They can produce their own food

b)

They are both heterotrophic.

c)

They are multi celled.

d)

They come in similar colors.

13.

Which creature would best survive in the arctic?

a)

Brown, thick fur

b)

White, thick fur

c)

White, thin fur

d)

Brown, thin fur

14.

Whales are among the few mammals that live in the ocean. They evolved from creatures that adapted to living on land before evolving into creatures adapted to living in the ocean.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

All life began in the ocean. What was one of the most significant adaptations that allowed creatures to live on land?

a)

Articulate digits

b)

Pectoral flippers

c)

Big eyes

d)

Strong, armlike bones