Anthro Chapter 12 quiz

Studies have shown that UV radiation rapidly depletes ______, which plays a crucial role in neural tube development of the embryo.

Folate

Developmental acclimatization occurs in high-altitude natives during growth and development.

True

Francis Galton, Darwin's cousin, originated the eugenics approach to "race improvement."

True

Acclimatization refers to which of the following?

an individual's short-term physiological responses to the environment

What causes rickets?

an insufficient amount of vitamin D

Biological systems are balanced systems maintained by the interaction of physiological mechanisms that compensate for both external and internal changes. Such a balanced system is in?

homeostasis

The evolutionary development of the species H. sapiens?

is the result of both genetic and environmental factors

Sweating?

permits cooling through evaporation

In its most common biological usage, the term race?

refers to the geographically patterned phenotypic variation within a species

Population geneticists use the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium equation to determine?

whether allele frequencies in a population are changing