Ant f301 Summer 2002

Sample Quiz 1

Note: This sample is shorter than the actual exam.

Instructions. Put your name and ss number on the answer sheet. Use a number two pencil. Turn in the answer sheet. Keep the exam. On matching and multiple choice questions, choose the best match. An answer (a,b,c...) can be used more than once if it is the best match for more than one question.

Matching:_________________________________________________________

1. Jean-Babtiste de Lamarck
2. Charles Lyell
3. Thomas Malthus
4. Georges Cuvier
5. Nicolaus Copernicus

a. the earth is not the center of the universe
b. population grows faster that food production
c. uniformitarianism
d. catastrophism
e. organic diversity is produced by evolution


Matching:_________________________________________________________

6. magic
7. superstition
8. science
9. hypothesis

a. an educated guess
b. spurious correlation
c. following a recipe
d. a body of knowledge
e. seeking reliable explanations


Matching:_________________________________________________________

10. Gregor Mendel
11. F.H.C. Crick
12. Niles Eldridge
13. Robert Jurmain

a. punctuated equilibrium
b. DNA
c. dominant and recessive traits
d. cephalic index
e. Introduction to Physical Anthropology

Matching:_________________________________________________________

14. gene
15. allele
16. cell
17. chromosomes

a. the genetic unit for a particular trait
b. the basic unit of all life
c. karyotype
d. alternate forms of a particular trait
e. ribonucleic acid


Matching:_________________________________________________________

18. adenine (A)
19. guanine (G)
20. codon
21. mitochondria

a. amino acid
b. ATP
c. cytosine (C)
d. heme
e. thymine (T)


Matching:_________________________________________________________

22. hemoglobin S
23. Down's syndrome
24. hemophilia
25. antigen

a. uracil (U)
b. antibody
c. sickle-cell anemia
d. X-linked trait
e. nondisjunction.

Matching:_________________________________________________________

26. universal donor
27. universal recipient

a. phenotype A
b. phenotype AB
c. phenotype O
d. phenotype B


Matching:_________________________________________________________
28. population bottlenecking
29. chemical accidents
30. radiation
31. sampling error
32. differential fertility rates
33. ultimate source of all variation
34. Noah's ark is a Biblical example of ...
35. founder principle ( or founder's effect)
36. The smaller the population, the greater the potential for this to occur...
37. Makes populations more genetically similar...

a. genetic drift
b. selection
c. mutation
d. gene flow ( and isolation)

Matching:_________________________________________________________

38. sickle-cell anemia
39. fitness = 0
40. normal hemoglobins
41. advantageous in an environment that includes malaria...

a. Hb S Hb S
b. Hb A Hb S
c. Hb A Hb A




Multiple Choice:________________________________________________________

42. A father can not pass an X-linked trait to his daughters.
a. True b. False

43. X-linked traits can be expressed only in females.
a. True b. False

44. The Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium works because mating in most populations is not random. a. True b. False

45. Fitness refers to strength and health in a particular environment.
a. True b. False



46. Life is continuous. Reproduction just passes it along. a. True b. False


47. The final test of validity for a theory is a statistical test of significance.
a. True b. False



48. Alexander III (356-323 BC) spread the Latin language and culture from the Black Sea to the Punjab region of India. a. True b. False

49. The Roman conquests spread Greek culture. a. True b. False


50. On reason that Islamic medicine advanced beyond medical science in the Christian world of the 10th and 11th centuries, is that human dissection was permitted. a. True b. False


51. One significance of the writings of Andreas Vesalius (1514-1565) is that he did research on human anatomy by looking at dissections. a. True b. False


52. Jean Baptiste Pierre de Monet Lamarck (1744-1829) estimated the age of the earth using heated spheres. a. True b. False


53. Georges Cuivier (1760-1832) popularized the idea of catastrophism in geology. a. True b. False