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51. The European Neanderthals were replaced about 34,000 years ago by
52. All of the following features are true of primates except
53. All of the following features are true of Anthropoids except
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54. All of the following are true about prosimians except
55. New world monkeys have all of the following features except
56. Apes and humans together make up a group called
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57. DNA studies can be used to make all of the following conclusions except that
58. Chimpanzees are considered to be our closest extant relative because
59. Modern humans share the greatest similarities with which one of the hominids?
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60. Which of the following evidence obtained from fossil studies is generally accepted as
marking the beginning of the hominids?
61. The hominid australopithecines are generally accepted to be different from modern
humans because
62. All of the following about Homo habilis is true except
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63. Homo erectus has been shown to have dispersed from
64. Homo erectus and the modern humans differ in
65. Anthropoids or higher primates include all of the following except
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66. New World monkeys evolved approximately 30 million years ago. These animals are
easy to identify because they
67. One characteristic that New World monkeys have that Old World monkeys lack is
68. Apes and monkeys differ in two noticeable characteristics. These characteristics are that
apes have
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69. Which of the following has the longest fossil record?
70. Of the following sequences, which one reflects the best scientific knowledge about the
succession of Homo species from the past until the present?
71. Which one of the following structures is not found in all adult and larval tunicates?
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72. Which one of the following incorrectly pairs a vertebrate group with its major
evolutionary innovation?
73. To which group of fishes does the following description apply: swim bladder, bony
skeleton, and paired fins supported by bony rays.
74. Which one of the following was not an adaptation seen in the sharks (Chondrichthyes)?
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75. You dissect a specimen of a vertebrate during an anatomy laboratory. It has the following
characteristics: lungs, abundant blood capillaries under thin skin, a partially-divided heart, a
pulmonary circuit, and four walking legs. What is this animal?
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Clarify Question
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What is the key concept addressed by the question?
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What type of thinking is required?
Gather Content
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What do you already know about amphibians?
Choose Answer
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Given what you now know, what information and/or problem solving approach is most
likely to produce the correct answer?
Reflect on Process
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Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the
process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a
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more desirable result?
76. The invasion of the land by amphibians posed a number of challenges requiring
evolutionary innovations. Which one of the following does NOT match a challenge with a
corresponding adaptation found in amphibians?
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Clarify Question
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What is the key concept addressed by the question?
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What type of thinking is required?
Gather Content
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What do you already know about amphibian adaptations to land?
Choose Answer
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Given what you now know, what information and/or problem solving approach is most
likely to produce the correct answer?
Reflect on Process
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Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the
process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a
more desirable result?
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77. Which one of the following does not match a component of the amniotic egg with its
primary function?
78. You excavate a fossil of a small reptile during a paleontology field trip. It has the
following characteristics: skull with a pair of dorsal temporal openings and a pair of lateral
temporal openings; bipedal with legs positioned directly under the pelvic girdle. Dating with
radioisotopes shows that the specimen lived 100 million year ago (MYA). You conclude that
the specimen belongs to which reptilian group (be specific as possible)?
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Clarify Question
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What is the key concept addressed by the question?
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What type of thinking is required?
Gather Content
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What do you already know about reptile skulls and dinosaur adaptations?
Choose Answer
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Given what you now know, what information and/or problem solving approach is most
likely to produce the correct answer?
Reflect on Process
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Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the
process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a
more desirable result?
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79. Which of the following is NOT a bird adaptation that facilitates flight?
80. Which one of the following is not an adaptation shown by modern birds?
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81. Which one of the following is the least likely reason that bipedalism evolved in
hominoids?
True / False Questions
82. Animals with pentaradial symmetry have 5 planes of symmetry.
Multiple Choice Questions
83. Sea stars belong to the
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84. What do echinoderms and chordates have in common?