Unit 5 : Primates and their behaviour quiz

Question 1

Which of the following are Strepsirhini?
A) New World monkeys

B) lorises

C) Old World monkeys

D) humans

E) chimpanzees

Answer 1

• B) lorises

Question 2

Sexual selection does not seem to be an important factor in the evolution of sexual dimorphism. True / False

Answer 2

• False

Question 3

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

Answer 3

• Polygynous

Question 4

Linguistic symbols are said to be ________ because they do not resemble the object or concept they represent.

Answer 4

• Arbitrary

Question 5

The primate group that include lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers is

Answer 5

• Prosimians

Question 6

Which of the following is not a basic primate characteristic?
A) giving birth to single offspring

B) hands with opposable thumbs

C) fingernails

D) binocular vision

E) an enhanced sense of smell

Answer 6

• Enhanced sense of smell

Question 7

What is a major underlying factor for the declining numbers of nonhuman primates?

Answer 7

• unprecedented human population growth

Question 8

Humans and New World monkeys both have a 2.1.2.3 dental formula. True / False

Answer 8

• False

Question 9

Vertical clinging and leaping is a locomotor pattern frequently practiced by which of the following?

A) apes

B) lemurs and tarsiers

C) terrestrial monkeys

D) Old World monkeys

E) gibbons

Answer 9

• B) lemurs and tarsiers

Question 10

Which of the traits listed below is not used to define the order Primates?

A) a tendency towards erect posture

B) an inflexible, specialized limb structure

C) hands and feet with a high degree of prehensility

D) retention of five digits on the hands and feet

E) generalized dentition

Answer 10

• B) an inflexible , specialized limb structure