ANTH 2010 - Test 1

The DNA molecule is made up of ____ chemical bases.

4

The earth is ____________ years old, according to scientists

4.6 billion

Darwin was not the only person to develop the idea of natural selection. Who was the other person? __________________

Alfred Russel Wallace

Which of the following is not a characteristic of anthropology?

It focuses only on prehistoric societies

The field of genetics concerned with the laws of inheritance is known as__________ genetics.

Mendelian

What is the human genome? Define.

The human genome is the complete set of nucleic acid sequences for the human species (Homo sapiens sapiens), encoded as DNA within the 23chromosome pairs in cell nuclei and in a small DNA molecule found within individual mitochondria. ... Human genomes include both protein-coding DNA genes and noncoding DNA.

Linnaeus is known for ____________________

a taxonomic classification

_____________ refers to the successful interaction between a population and its environment

adaptation

Rapid speciation following the availability of new environments is known as_______________.

adaptive radiation

The alternative forms of a gene found at a given locus are known as ___________

alleles

According to the idea of punctuated equilibrium, macroevolution usually involves_______________________.

alternating periods of stasis (no change) and rapid change

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is used for __________________

amplifying small amounts of DNA for analysis

DNA sequences are found in long chains known as ____________.

chromosomes

The probability of survival and reproduction of an organism is known as its____________________

fitness

After reading Malthus, Darwin noticed that _____________________

many organisms will not survive to adulthood

Mutations __________________________________.

must occur in sex cells to have an evolutionary impact

The study of evolution of the peppered moth provides an excellent example of_________________.

natural selection

Culture, as used by an anthropologist, refers to ____________________.

shared learned behavior

In science, a statement that expresses a proven relationship between several,observed facts is known as a ______________________

theory