Exam 2

Question 1

Soft spot in aiding in delivery of an infant

Answer 1

Fontanelle

Question 2

Women have more of this than men to have enough calories to sustain a pregnancy and breastfeeding

Answer 2

Fat

Question 3

Which “rule” states that limbs/appendages of people from cold climates will have less surface area relative to mass

Answer 3

Allen’s Rule

Question 4

During the first 2.5 years of life a child’s brain size:

Answer 4

triples

Question 5

The tallest population in the world

Answer 5

Dutch

Question 6

Vitamin D deficiency can result in this condition

Answer 6

Rickets

Question 7

The year in kids that the first permanent molar erupts

Answer 7

Six

Question 8

A response to heat that allows blood to stay close to the skin surface to cool off

Answer 8

Vasodilation

Question 9

Genes found in Jamaicans but also in many other ancestral groups

Answer 9

ATCN3

Question 10

Consumed frequently in Japan, may negatively influence Americans today with ancestry in Africa

Answer 10

Salt

Question 11

There are 206 of these in most adults

Answer 11

Bones

Question 12

The name of the defect in the teeth that can be associated with the transition from foraging to agriculture that indicates the stress

Answer 12

Hypoplasia

Question 13

The law that states that there is a direct relationship between physical activity and bone density

Answer 13

Wolff’s Law

Question 14

UV can cause skin cancer if we don’t have enough melanin but it may also deplete us of what?

Answer 14

Folate

Question 15

Did the initial change from foraging to agriculturalism result in an increase or decrease in height?

Answer 15

Decrease

Question 16

Micro evolutionary force which could result in genes founding a population or genes leaving a population

Answer 16

Drift

Question 17

One response to cold that helps raise our core temperature

Answer 17

Shivering

Question 18

The end of a growing bone that eventually fuses to the shaft

Answer 18

Epiphysis

Question 19

The cells that help produce bone when we cycle, weight light, and run to grab coffee at the cafeteria

Answer 19

Osteoblasts

Question 20

The deadliest city in the most crime-ridden state of the United States

Answer 20

Miami

Question 21

Human brain growth is completed by what age?

Answer 21

Six

Question 22

Monkey’s have an easier time giving birth than humans do:

Answer 22

because monkey’s can assist with their own birth

Question 23

During periods of activity such as walking to class or a fun run, which cells are responsible for bone production

Answer 23

Osteoblasts

Question 24

In the article “Tall and Short of It”, studies on height reveal that:

Answer 24

improving the diet and health of Mayan refugees led them to having taller children

Question 25

What has contributed to the running success of Kenyans?

Answer 25

cattle raiding

Question 26

As described in “Tall and Short of It”, plasticity refers to the ability of an organism to -

Answer 26

change in response to the environment

Question 27

Humans have traits which are concordant- for example, if they are tall, they also tend to have dark skin

Answer 27

False

Question 28

In a cool, overcast environment which of the following individuals would be more likely to get rickets?

Answer 28

Dark-skinned

Question 29

What is this caused from (rickets)?

Answer 29

Insufficient amounts of Vitamin D

Question 30

What does an albino person lack?

Answer 30

Melanin

Question 31

How would these kids acclimatize to their environment? (cold environment)

Answer 31

Vasoconstrict