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Chapter 01 12el l Answers Included
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TRUE/FALSEl-lWritel'T'liflthelstatementlisltruelandl'F'liflthelstatementlislfalse.
1) Almainlarealoflstudylforlphysicallanthropologistslislthelstudyloflevolution.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) Sciencelcanlprovidelanswersltolalllpossiblelquestions.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Anlempiricallobservationlislonelthatlislmadelwithlthelhelploflalmicroscopelorltelescope.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) Altheorylislmorelcertainlthanlalguesslbutllesslcertainlthanlalfact.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Thelidealthatlhumanslarelsuperiorltolotherlanimalslisltermedlanthropocentrism.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) CharleslDarwinlwaslthelfirstlpersonltolrecognizelthatlnaturelcouldlbeldynamic.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) Lamarcklproposedltheltheoryloflacquiredlcharacteristics,lwhichlstateslthatltraitslgainedldur
inglallifetimelcanlbelpassedltolthelnextlgeneration.
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, ⊚ true
⊚ false
8) Darwin'sltheorylstateslthatlgroupslwholarelbetterlsuitedltoltheirlenvironmentlwilllbelmorellikel
yltolsurvivelandlreproduce.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) Darwinllackedlanlaccuratelunderstandingloflthelmechanismsloflinheritance.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) Thelstudyloflthelchangelinlbodylcolorloflpepperedlmothsldescribedlinlchapterlonelsho
wedlthatlevolutionlcouldlbelobservedlinlalshorterlperiodlofltimelthanlDarwinlthoughtlpossible.
⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLElCHOICEl-
lChooselthelonelalternativelthatlbestlcompleteslthelstatementlorlanswerslthelquestion.
11) Thelfieldlthatlstudieslfossillrecordslis:
A) primatology
B) paleontology
C) genetics
D) archaeology
12) Thelsubfieldloflphysicallanthropologylincludeslthelstudylof:
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, A) humanlgenetics
B) forensiclanthropology
C) humanlbiologicallvariation
D) allloflthese
13) Culturallanthropology:
A) islalbranchloflarchaeology
B) islthelstudyloflartlandlmusic
C) includeslthelstudyloflhumanlsociallorganizationslandllearnedlpatternsloflbehavior
D) includeslpaleontologylaslalmajorltopic
14) Thelstudyloflalpeople'slpoliticallorganizationlwouldlbelalpartlof:
A) culturallanthropology
B) linguistics
C) archaeology
D) physicallanthropology
15) Anlanthropologicalllinguist:
A) alwayslattemptsltollearnltolspeaklaslmanyllanguageslaslhelorlshelpossiblylcan
B) teacheslstudentslforeignllanguages
C) studieslthelhistory,lfunction,lstructure,landlphysiologylofllanguage
D) wouldlonlylbelinterestedlinlcultureslthatlhavelwritinglsystems
16) Thelpracticallapplicationloflanthropologicallknowledgeltolreal-worldlconcernslislcalled:
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, A) academiclanthropology
B) livedlanthropology
C) appliedlanthropology
D) realisticlanthropology
17) Anlempiricallobservationlislonelthatlis:
A) measurable
B) alfact
C) receivedlthroughlthelsenses
D) allloflthese
18) Hypotheses:
A) arelalwayslconsideredltolbelcorrectlstatements
B) arelthelsamelthinglasllawslinlscience
C) arelnotlalnecessarylpartloflthelscientificlmethod
D) mustlbellogicallandltestable
19) Hypotheses:
A) canlbeldisproven
B) canlbeltestedlthroughlexperimentslandlobservations
C) arelbasedlonlempiricallobservations
D) allloflthese
20) Altentativelstatementlaboutlthelrelationshiplbetweenltwolvariableslisla(n):
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Pierson
Chapter 01 12el l Answers Included
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TRUE/FALSEl-lWritel'T'liflthelstatementlisltruelandl'F'liflthelstatementlislfalse.
1) Almainlarealoflstudylforlphysicallanthropologistslislthelstudyloflevolution.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) Sciencelcanlprovidelanswersltolalllpossiblelquestions.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Anlempiricallobservationlislonelthatlislmadelwithlthelhelploflalmicroscopelorltelescope.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) Altheorylislmorelcertainlthanlalguesslbutllesslcertainlthanlalfact.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Thelidealthatlhumanslarelsuperiorltolotherlanimalslisltermedlanthropocentrism.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) CharleslDarwinlwaslthelfirstlpersonltolrecognizelthatlnaturelcouldlbeldynamic.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) Lamarcklproposedltheltheoryloflacquiredlcharacteristics,lwhichlstateslthatltraitslgainedldur
inglallifetimelcanlbelpassedltolthelnextlgeneration.
1
, ⊚ true
⊚ false
8) Darwin'sltheorylstateslthatlgroupslwholarelbetterlsuitedltoltheirlenvironmentlwilllbelmorellikel
yltolsurvivelandlreproduce.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) Darwinllackedlanlaccuratelunderstandingloflthelmechanismsloflinheritance.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) Thelstudyloflthelchangelinlbodylcolorloflpepperedlmothsldescribedlinlchapterlonelsho
wedlthatlevolutionlcouldlbelobservedlinlalshorterlperiodlofltimelthanlDarwinlthoughtlpossible.
⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLElCHOICEl-
lChooselthelonelalternativelthatlbestlcompleteslthelstatementlorlanswerslthelquestion.
11) Thelfieldlthatlstudieslfossillrecordslis:
A) primatology
B) paleontology
C) genetics
D) archaeology
12) Thelsubfieldloflphysicallanthropologylincludeslthelstudylof:
2
, A) humanlgenetics
B) forensiclanthropology
C) humanlbiologicallvariation
D) allloflthese
13) Culturallanthropology:
A) islalbranchloflarchaeology
B) islthelstudyloflartlandlmusic
C) includeslthelstudyloflhumanlsociallorganizationslandllearnedlpatternsloflbehavior
D) includeslpaleontologylaslalmajorltopic
14) Thelstudyloflalpeople'slpoliticallorganizationlwouldlbelalpartlof:
A) culturallanthropology
B) linguistics
C) archaeology
D) physicallanthropology
15) Anlanthropologicalllinguist:
A) alwayslattemptsltollearnltolspeaklaslmanyllanguageslaslhelorlshelpossiblylcan
B) teacheslstudentslforeignllanguages
C) studieslthelhistory,lfunction,lstructure,landlphysiologylofllanguage
D) wouldlonlylbelinterestedlinlcultureslthatlhavelwritinglsystems
16) Thelpracticallapplicationloflanthropologicallknowledgeltolreal-worldlconcernslislcalled:
3
, A) academiclanthropology
B) livedlanthropology
C) appliedlanthropology
D) realisticlanthropology
17) Anlempiricallobservationlislonelthatlis:
A) measurable
B) alfact
C) receivedlthroughlthelsenses
D) allloflthese
18) Hypotheses:
A) arelalwayslconsideredltolbelcorrectlstatements
B) arelthelsamelthinglasllawslinlscience
C) arelnotlalnecessarylpartloflthelscientificlmethod
D) mustlbellogicallandltestable
19) Hypotheses:
A) canlbeldisproven
B) canlbeltestedlthroughlexperimentslandlobservations
C) arelbasedlonlempiricallobservations
D) allloflthese
20) Altentativelstatementlaboutlthelrelationshiplbetweenltwolvariableslisla(n):
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