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Human Evolution Exam #1

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  1. 1He is associated with the idea of Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics.
    1. ACuvier
    2. BLamark
    3. CLinneaus
    4. DMalthus
  2. 2He determined that population growth typically was faster than the increase is food supplies.
    1. ALamark
    2. BLyell
    3. CMalthus
    4. DMendel
  3. 3He proposed that catastrophism explained the presence of fossils within the Paris Basin.
    1. ACuvier
    2. BLamark
    3. CBuffon
    4. DWallace
  4. 4Uniformitarianism was reinstituted by this man in a three volume set, The Principles of Geology.
    1. ACuvier
    2. BLamark
    3. CLyell
    4. DMalthus
  5. 5Cross over occurs at:
    1. ATranslation
    2. BDeath
    3. CMeiosis
    4. DMitosis
  6. 6The cell nucleus:
    1. AContains genetic information
    2. BIs the same as the cytoplasm
    3. CIs made up of ribosomes
    4. DIs not distinct from the cytoplasm
  7. 7Selective pressures:
    1. ARemain constant, regardless of the environment
    2. BAre a function of the environment
    3. CAre directionless and random in an environment
    4. DAre the result of speciation
  8. 8Before a cell can divide for growth or repairs, DNA needs to:
    1. ATranscribe itself
    2. BTranslate itself
    3. CDelete itself
    4. DReplicate itself
  9. 9Protein synthesis is a two-stepped process: transcription and _______.
    1. AReplication
    2. BMetaphase
    3. CTranslation
  10. 10The two types of chromosomes are sex and _____.
    1. AHomosomes
    2. BKaryotypes
    3. CCentrosomes
    4. DAutosomes

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