*Primates

Question 0

which primates are included in the suborder strepsihini?

Answer 0

lemurs and lorises

Question 1

In many primate species, which behaviour plays a central role in reinforcing social relationships?

Answer 1

grooming

Question 2

In old world monkeys, the swelling and changes in colour of the skin surrounding the female’s genital area is an indication that she is in what state?

Answer 2

estrus

Question 3

Arms that are longer than the legs, and a short stable lumbar spine are traits associated with which type of locomotion?

Answer 3

brachiation

Question 4

What is the basic primate social unit? (which pair)?

Answer 4

mother and her offspring

Question 5

The differences between the sexes with regard to features such as body size is referred to as?

Answer 5

sexual dimorphism

Question 6

Vertical clinging and leaping is a locomotor pattern frequently practiced by which types of primates?

Answer 6

lemurs and tarsiers

Question 7

An organism’s entire way of life is referred to as their?

Answer 7

adaptive niche

Question 8

which are the largest living primates?

Answer 8

gorillas

Question 9

Humans and chimpanzees share what percentage of their DNA?

Answer 9

99%

Question 10

Which ape has very large, highly sexually dimorphic body sizes and live largely solitary lives?

Answer 10

orangutans

Question 11

Which of the following are not hominoids?

bonobos, baboons, gorillas, orangutans

Answer 11

Baboons are not a hominoid

Question 12

Define Altrusim

Answer 12

A behaviour that benefits another while involving some risk to the performer

Question 13

What is seen in some New World monkeys, but not in any Old World monkeys?

Answer 13

A prehensile tail

Question 14

What is chest slapping by gorillas an example of?

Answer 14

display

Question 15

Traditionally, primate characteristics have been explained as the result of adaptation to what types of enviroments?

Answer 15

Arboreal

Question 16

The term for a mating system in which males, and some cases females, have several mating partners is?

Answer 16

polygynous

Question 17

Primate behaviour is best viewed as being what?

Answer 17

Influenced by environmental factors

Question 18

define adaptive niche?

Answer 18

An organism’s entire way of life: where it lives, what it eats, how it gets food, how it avoids predators, and so on.

Question 19

define primates

Answer 19

members of the mammalian order primates, which includes lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans

Question 20

Why does behaviour count as a phenotype?

Answer 20

• natural selection favours characteristics that provide a reproductive advantage.
• an individual whose behavioural phenotypes increase reproductive fitness will pass on their genes at a faster rate than others.

Question 21

Define dominance hierarchies

Answer 21

Systems of social organization wherein individuals within a group are ranked relative to one another. Higher-ranking animals have greater access to preferred food items and mating partners than lower ranking individuals.

Question 22

Explain innate bahviour

Answer 22

• In insects and other invertebrates, behaviour is mostly under genetic control. Most behavioural patterns in these species aren’t learned, they’re innate.
• In many vertebrates the proportion of behaviour thats due to learning is substantially increased, and the proportion under genetic control is reduced. This is especially true of primates and humans, who are a product of cultue.

Question 23

The order primates is divided into two suborders?

Answer 23

Strepsirhini- lemurs and lorises
and
haplprhini- trasiers, monkeys, apes, and humans