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Anthropology 101 Exam 1 And 2 Questions and
Answers|2025 Update|100% Correct.
What sticks to DNA and can cover its expression (Radiolab)? - (answers)Methyl
Groups
How can humans become infected with malaria? - (answers)mosquitos
Which of the following is a possible outcome of persistent geographical isolation
of two populations? - (answers)Allopatric Speciation
A group of chimpanzees becomes separated by a mountain so that the two
groups no longer interact with one another. If they are not able to physically
interact, what might you conclude about the two populations? -
(answers)reproductive isolation
How do we know that Upper Paleolithic food foragers in Europe are ancestors to
modern European populations? - (answers)recent genetic research
Mutations in DNA found in which cells are most likely to have significant
evolutionary consequences? - (answers)gametes
What type of animal does the best-documented case of industrial melanism
involve? - (answers)white-peppered moths
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When individuals of the same species are reproductively isolated, genetic
differences may accumulate in sufficient number so that new species could
emerge. What would such an event be an example of? - (answers)macroevolution
You are reading a scientific article about cheetahs that have stripes down their
backs instead of spots. The article refers to this as a genetic mutation. Though
they have no negative impact on the cheetahs' fitness, why are the stripes
nevertheless considered a genetic mutation? - (answers)mutation often neutral
Transposable elements are DNA sequences that: - (answers)have genes that can
copy themselves to entirely different places along the DNA sequence.
A study of Galápagos finches after a long period of drought found that all species
of finch on one of the islands had wide beaks well adapted to break open seeds.
The type of evolution that leads to this phenotype distribution is ________
selection. - (answers)directional
Some genetic disorders decrease susceptibility to malaria. What is an example of
a genetic disorder that has this effect? - (answers)G6PD
In certain species of nonhuman primates there are groups where only one
dominant female has access to mates. The other females must wait until the
opportunity to mate presents itself. This will have direct impact on "fitness,"
influencing which of the following? - (answers)Reproductive success
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An individual who displays the disease sickle-cell anemia must have inherited the
deleterious allele from both phenotypically normal parents. What, therefore, is
this individual? - (answers)homozygous recessive
Regarding experimenting with rats licking (Radiolab), what is activated in the
brain that leads to the DNA being affected? - (answers)Serotonin
Fitness trade-off refers to selection favoring which genotype? -
(answers)heterozygous
In Radiolab, what grew on the hands of the toads Kammerer was experimenting
with? - (answers)Nuptial pads
What effect does natural selection have on population variation? -
(answers)increases variation
The type of selection that favored progressively larger brain size in human
evolution is ________ selection. - (answers)directional
While conducting research with a small population in South America, you note
that an overwhelming majority of individuals exhibit signs of a specific genetic
abnormality. What is most likely the cause of this? - (answers)founder effect
Why are frameshift mutations more likely to have an impact at the phenotypic
level? - (answers)frameshift mutations produce a protein having no function
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What is the cause of spontaneous mutation? - (answers)unknown causes
Evolution is complicated and manifest in many ways, but at the root of it all
physical anthropologists define it as: - (answers)alleles that change a population
over time
The southern migration of which African people may have led to a significant
increase in the incidence of malaria? - (answers)Bantu
After AD 1000, the people of St. Catherines Island acquired corn agriculture, and
farming became the mainstay of their diet. What physical changes did this cause?
- (answers)They became taller and better nourished, and signs of disease nearly
disappeared.
An archaeological field school is announced in your anthropology course. The
description says that you will travel to Belize to learn about the lives of the
ancient Mayans. What, primarily, do you expect to learn during this field school? -
(answers)how to excavate and study material culture
Franz Boas studied which of the following? - (answers)the Inuit (Eskimos) of Baffin
Island
How did Boas lay the foundation for scientific anthropology? - (answers)relying on
the scientific method
Anthropology 101 Exam 1 And 2 Questions and
Answers|2025 Update|100% Correct.
What sticks to DNA and can cover its expression (Radiolab)? - (answers)Methyl
Groups
How can humans become infected with malaria? - (answers)mosquitos
Which of the following is a possible outcome of persistent geographical isolation
of two populations? - (answers)Allopatric Speciation
A group of chimpanzees becomes separated by a mountain so that the two
groups no longer interact with one another. If they are not able to physically
interact, what might you conclude about the two populations? -
(answers)reproductive isolation
How do we know that Upper Paleolithic food foragers in Europe are ancestors to
modern European populations? - (answers)recent genetic research
Mutations in DNA found in which cells are most likely to have significant
evolutionary consequences? - (answers)gametes
What type of animal does the best-documented case of industrial melanism
involve? - (answers)white-peppered moths
,2|Page
When individuals of the same species are reproductively isolated, genetic
differences may accumulate in sufficient number so that new species could
emerge. What would such an event be an example of? - (answers)macroevolution
You are reading a scientific article about cheetahs that have stripes down their
backs instead of spots. The article refers to this as a genetic mutation. Though
they have no negative impact on the cheetahs' fitness, why are the stripes
nevertheless considered a genetic mutation? - (answers)mutation often neutral
Transposable elements are DNA sequences that: - (answers)have genes that can
copy themselves to entirely different places along the DNA sequence.
A study of Galápagos finches after a long period of drought found that all species
of finch on one of the islands had wide beaks well adapted to break open seeds.
The type of evolution that leads to this phenotype distribution is ________
selection. - (answers)directional
Some genetic disorders decrease susceptibility to malaria. What is an example of
a genetic disorder that has this effect? - (answers)G6PD
In certain species of nonhuman primates there are groups where only one
dominant female has access to mates. The other females must wait until the
opportunity to mate presents itself. This will have direct impact on "fitness,"
influencing which of the following? - (answers)Reproductive success
,3|Page
An individual who displays the disease sickle-cell anemia must have inherited the
deleterious allele from both phenotypically normal parents. What, therefore, is
this individual? - (answers)homozygous recessive
Regarding experimenting with rats licking (Radiolab), what is activated in the
brain that leads to the DNA being affected? - (answers)Serotonin
Fitness trade-off refers to selection favoring which genotype? -
(answers)heterozygous
In Radiolab, what grew on the hands of the toads Kammerer was experimenting
with? - (answers)Nuptial pads
What effect does natural selection have on population variation? -
(answers)increases variation
The type of selection that favored progressively larger brain size in human
evolution is ________ selection. - (answers)directional
While conducting research with a small population in South America, you note
that an overwhelming majority of individuals exhibit signs of a specific genetic
abnormality. What is most likely the cause of this? - (answers)founder effect
Why are frameshift mutations more likely to have an impact at the phenotypic
level? - (answers)frameshift mutations produce a protein having no function
, 4|Page
What is the cause of spontaneous mutation? - (answers)unknown causes
Evolution is complicated and manifest in many ways, but at the root of it all
physical anthropologists define it as: - (answers)alleles that change a population
over time
The southern migration of which African people may have led to a significant
increase in the incidence of malaria? - (answers)Bantu
After AD 1000, the people of St. Catherines Island acquired corn agriculture, and
farming became the mainstay of their diet. What physical changes did this cause?
- (answers)They became taller and better nourished, and signs of disease nearly
disappeared.
An archaeological field school is announced in your anthropology course. The
description says that you will travel to Belize to learn about the lives of the
ancient Mayans. What, primarily, do you expect to learn during this field school? -
(answers)how to excavate and study material culture
Franz Boas studied which of the following? - (answers)the Inuit (Eskimos) of Baffin
Island
How did Boas lay the foundation for scientific anthropology? - (answers)relying on
the scientific method
