Which of the following is not a distinctive characteristic of primates?

Which of the following is not a distinctive characteristic of primates?

A - Finger prints
B - Good night vision
C - Grasping hands
D - Complex social behaviors
E - Forward-looking eyes


Answer: B - Good night vision

Humans are animals which are best classifies as

Humans are animals which are best classifies as

A - Mobile
B - Amphibians
C - Reptiles
D - Mammals
E - Invertebrates


Answer: D - Mammals

The hominoid group includes all of the following except

The hominoid group includes all of the following except

A - Orangutans
B - Gorillas
C - Lemurs
D - Chimpanzees
E - Humans


Answer: C - Lemurs

Primates can be grouped into two main categories. Which of the following correctly pairs the group with the location?

Primates can be grouped into two main categories. Which of the following correctly pairs the group with the location?

A - Old World: Africa and New World: South America only
B - Old World: Africa only
C - Old World: Asia only
D - Old World: Asia, Africa and New World: South America
E - New World: South America only


Answer: D - Old World: Asia, Africa and New World: South America

The first known member of the genus Homo was the

The first known member of the genus Homo was the

A - Neanderthal
B - Homo ergaster
C - Homo sapien
D - Homo habilis
E - Homo erectus


Answer: D - Homo habilis

Which of the following differentiates humans from other hominoids?

Which of the following differentiates humans from other hominoids?

A - No tail
B - Forward-looking eyes
C - Use of simple tools
D - Finger prints
E - Walking on two feet


Answer: E - Walking on two feet

What characteristic does not describe both plants and fungi?

What characteristic does not describe both plants and fungi?

A - Stationary
B - Mostly unicellular
C - Cell wall
D - Eukaryotic
E - Photosynthetic


Answer: E - Photosynthetic

Evolutionarily, which of the following animals is considered to be the simplest?

Evolutionarily, which of the following animals is considered to be the simplest?

A - Giraffe
B - Starfish
C - Frog
D - Ant
E - Sea slug


Answer: E - Sea slug

Which of the following is not a characteristic of all animals?

Which of the following is not a characteristic of all animals?

A - Eukaryotic cells
B - Multi-cellular
C - Ability to move
D - Heterotrophic
E - Cell wall


Answer: E - Cell wall

Which of the following correctly pairs the classification of back bone with the animal given?

Which of the following correctly pairs the classification of back bone with the animal given?

A - Invertebrate: Shark
B - Vertebrate: Starfish
C - Vertebrate: Snail
D - Invertebrate: Whale
E - Invertebrate: Butterfly


Answer: E - Invertebrate: Butterfly

Animals that do not have a back bone are best known as

Animals that do not have a back bone are best known as

A - Arthropods
B - Chordates
C - Invertebrates
D - Mollusks
E - Vertebrates


Answer: C - Invertebrates

Of the following, which group(s) of protists is/are heterotrophs?

Of the following, which group(s) of protists is/are heterotrophs? 

A - Animal-like, Plant-like, and fungus-like
B - Plant-like
C - Fungus-like
D - Animal-like and Fungus-like
E - Fungus-like


Answer: D - Animal-like and Fungus-like

Scientists hypothesize that the evolutionary ancestor of both plants and fungi were.

Scientists hypothesize that the evolutionary ancestor of both plants and fungi were.

A - Eubacteria
B - Monera
C - Protists
D - Animals
E - Archaebacteria


Answer: C - Protists

Which of the following is a characteristic of fungi?

Which of the following is a characteristic of fungi?

A - Mostly unicellular
B - Prokaryotic
C - Cell wall made of chitin
D - Motile
E - Photosynthesis


Answer: C - Cell wall made of chitin

Which of the following does not describe plants?

Which of the following does not describe plants?

A - Non-motile
B - Photosynthetic
C - Cell wall made of cellulose
D - Heterotrophic
E - Eukaryotic


Answer: D - Heterotrophic

What evolutionary development in plants allowed for an increase in the size of the organisms and removed the need for plants to only live in moist environments?

What evolutionary development in plants allowed for an increase in the size of the organisms and removed the need for plants to only live in moist environments?

A - Hypae
B - Flowers
C - Chloroplasts
D - Seeds
E - Vascular tissue


Answer: E - Vascular tissue

Which of the following correctly pairs the group of archaebacteria with the environment in which he group lives?

Which of the following correctly pairs the group of archaebacteria with the environment in which he group lives?

A - Thermophiles: guts of cows
B - Halophiles: deep sea thermal vents
C - Mathanogenes: the Dead Sea
D - Halophiles: the Great Salt Lake
E - Thermophiles: marshes


Answer: D - Halophiles: the Great Salt Lake

By analyzing DNA, scientists have hypothesized that _________ are evolutionary ancestors of plant-like protists such as red and green algae.

By analyzing DNA, scientists have hypothesized that _________ are evolutionary ancestors of plant-like protists such as red and green algae.

A - Plants
B - Animal-like protists
C - Cyanobacteria
D - Fungus
E - Fungus-like protists


Answer: C - Cyanobacteria

Which of the following is not a characteristic of all three types of protists?

Which of the following is not a characteristic of all three types of protists?

A - Mostly aquatic
B - Heterotrophic
C - Mostly unicellular
D - Contain a nucleus
E - Eukaryotic


Answer: B - Heterotrophic

Looking through a microscope at a drop if pond water, you see a unicellular organism with a nucleus and chloroplasts. It is most likely a(n)

Looking through a microscope at a drop if pond water, you see a unicellular organism with a nucleus and chloroplasts. It is most likely a(n)

A - Archeabacteria
B - Bacteria
C - Protophyta
D - Protozoa
E - Fungus-like protist


Answer: C - Protophyta