Glencoe Biology

Chapter 16: Primate Evolution

Standardized Test Practice-English

1
Primates can grasp objects because they have a (an) ____ first digit.
A)nocturnal
B)opposable
C)binocular
D)diurnal
2
What term describes a primate's ability to live in trees?
A)terrestrial
B)diurnal
C)arboreal
D)anthropoid
3
This map shows areas around the globe inhabited by primates. What kind of habitats are shown to contain various kinds of primates?

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A)tropical
B)desert
C)arctic
D)tundra
4
New World monkeys typically have a (an) ____ that functions as a fifth limb.
A)prehensile tail
B)opposing digit
C)hanging tail
D)extra arm
5
Which of these is not an important factor that enables primates to live in trees?
A)high-level brain function
B)opposable first digit
C)prehensile tail
D)diurnal behavior
6
What term describes the body structure and movement capability of the left skeleton?

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A)diurnal
B)bipedal
C)arboreal
D)anthropoid
7
The ____ include humans and all their extinct relatives.
A)strepsirrhines
B)haplorhines
C)hominins
D)arboreals
8
____ are used to determine when ancestral hominoids diverged into present-day hominoids.
A)diurnal records
B)arboreal records
C)anthropoid tests
D)fossils
9
What are two disadvantages of bipedalism?
A)more visible to predators; requires more energy
B)less strain on back; faster locomotion
C)less strain on hips; less visible to predators
D)requires less energy; faster locomotion
10
Which statement is true, based on this figure?

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A)Chimpanzees and bonobos are not related.
B)Gorillas and orangutans are hominoids.
C)Chimpanzees appeared 30 million years ago.
D)New World primates appeared 5 million years ago.
11
The genus ____ includes living and extinct humans.
A)Proconsul
B)strepsirrhines
C)Homo
D)Miocene
12
____ evolved in Europe and Asia about 200,000 years ago.
A)Strepsirrhines
B)Preconsuls
C)Australopithecines
D)Neanderthals
13
What kind of evolution occurs when different body parts or behaviors evolve at different rates?
A)mosaic
B)preconsul
C)adaptive
D)diurnal
14
What species does this illustration represent?

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A)Homo floresiensis
B)Homo neanderthalensis
C)Altiatlasius
D)strepsirrhines
15
What genus does this primate belong to?

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A)Hominin
B)Aegyptopithecus
C)Homo
D)arboreals
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