Question 1

Between 54 million and 34 million years ago Europe and America

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A)  were separated by only a narrow sea
B)  had very different climates
C)  supported different sets of primates
D)  were connected by land

Question 2

The study of the distribution of layers of rock is called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  geology
B)  biostratigraphy
C)  taphonomy
D)  stratigraphy

Question 3

Who is associated with the principle of faunal succession?

Accepted Answer

A)  Steno
B)  Lyell
C)  Smith
D)  Hutton

Question 4

Primates are present for most of the Geologic Time Scale.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Fossils can be used to reconstruct ancient animal communities and therefore make inferences about ancient environments and habitats.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Omomyoids were more common in North America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

A high ? 18oxygen/16oxygen ratio in the shells of marine animals indicates __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  colder temperatures and lower sea levels
B)  higher temperatures and lower sea levels
C)  colder temperatures and higher sea levels
D)  warmer temperatures and higher sea levels

Question 8

Early primate characteristics probably evolved because these creatures were __________.

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A)  frugivorous
B)  visual predators
C)  arboreal
D)  none of these

Question 9

The end of the late Eocene saw the global climate became__________.

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A)  cooler and dryer
B)  cooler and wetter
C)  warmer and dryer
D)  warmer and wetter

Question 10

The lengths of epochs,periods,and eras are standardized and inflexible.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

We live in the __________ period.

Accepted Answer

A)  Holocene
B)  Cenozoic
C)  Quaternary
D)  Phanerozoic

Question 12

The fossil record of the __________ reveals the first true primates.

Accepted Answer

A)  Paleocene
B)  Miocene
C)  Eocene
D)  Jurassic

Question 13

Which is most likely to be preserved by fossilization?

Accepted Answer

A)  brains
B)  skin an internal organs
C)  bones and teeth
D)  hair

Question 14

Gigantopithecus was the largest primate that ever lived.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

__________ is a field devoted to the gleaning of all the information that can be extracted from fossils.

Accepted Answer

A)  Taphonomy
B)  Paleontology
C)  Geology
D)  Stratigraphy

Question 16

Although apes were initially more common than monkeys,they declined while monkey species expanded.Compare monkeys and apes and discuss what might have accounted for this change.

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Question 17

Which of the following is an epoch of the Quaternary?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Pleistocene
B)  the Oligocene
C)  the Jurassic
D)  the Cenozoic

Question 18

Strata are __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  layers of rock
B)  trace fossils
C)  petrified remains of organisms
D)  none of these

Question 19

Paleontologists use the form of teeth and _________ to decide to which group a fossil belongs.

Accepted Answer

A)  hair
B)  bones
C)  fatty tissue
D)  none of these

Question 20

Half-life is half the time it takes for the entire original amount of an unstable isotope to decay into more stable forms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 9: Geology and Primate Origins

Fossils can be used to reconstruct ancient animal communities and therefore make inferences about ancient environments and habitats.

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The end of the late Eocene saw the global climate became__________.

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Half-life is half the time it takes for the entire original amount of an unstable isotope to decay into more stable forms.

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Which of the following is an epoch of the Quaternary?

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We live in the __________ period.

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Strata are __________.

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The study of the distribution of layers of rock is called __________.

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__________ is a field devoted to the gleaning of all the information that can be extracted from fossils.

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Which is most likely to be preserved by fossilization?

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Paleontologists use the form of teeth and _________ to decide to which group a fossil belongs.

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The lengths of epochs,periods,and eras are standardized and inflexible.

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Early primate characteristics probably evolved because these creatures were __________.

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The fossil record of the __________ reveals the first true primates.

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Between 54 million and 34 million years ago Europe and America

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Primates are present for most of the Geologic Time Scale.

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Although apes were initially more common than monkeys,they declined while monkey species expanded.Compare monkeys and apes and discuss what might have accounted for this change.

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Omomyoids were more common in North America.

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A high ? 18oxygen/16oxygen ratio in the shells of marine animals indicates __________.

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Who is associated with the principle of faunal succession?

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Gigantopithecus was the largest primate that ever lived.

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