Question 1

A mummy is discovered whose stone tomb includes cloth,food,and other organic remains.What dating method would most likely be used to date the tomb?

Accepted Answer

A) biostratigraphy 
B) carbon 14 
C) dendrochronology 
D) electron spin resonance 
A) biostratigraphy 
B) carbon 14 
C) dendrochronology 
D) electron spin resonance B

Question 2

A hearth is discovered with bone fragments in it.Which of the following methods might be used to date the bone fragments?

Accepted Answer

A) dendrochronology 
B) electron spin resonance 
C) fission track 
D) amino acid method 
A) dendrochronology 
B) electron spin resonance 
C) fission track 
D) amino acid method D

Question 3

During the Holocene artifacts like ________ began to appear.

Accepted Answer

A) bones and teeth 
B) ceramics 
C) shell 
D) wood objects 
A) bones and teeth 
B) ceramics 
C) shell 
D) wood objects B

Question 4

What can scientists use to determine the type of plant an organism consumed?

Accepted Answer

A) carbon 14 
B) radioisotopes 
C) index fossils 
D) carbon 13 and carbon 12 
A) carbon 14 
B) radioisotopes 
C) index fossils 
D) carbon 13 and carbon 12

Question 5

Which era saw the proliferation of mammals?

Accepted Answer

A) Holocene 
B) Cenozoic 
C) Jurassic 
D) Mesozoic 
A) Holocene 
B) Cenozoic 
C) Jurassic 
D) Mesozoic

Question 6

Differentiate between absolute and relative dating techniques,giving one example of each.

Accepted Answer

Relative dating consists of techniques f

Question 7

For directly dating hominin fossils from several thousand to about a million years old,what dating method might be used?

Accepted Answer

A) electron spin resonance 
B) fission track dating 
C) radiopotassium dating 
D) dendrochronology 
A) electron spin resonance 
B) fission track dating 
C) radiopotassium dating 
D) dendrochronology

Question 8

What are eras?

Accepted Answer

A) divisions in geologic time divided into periods and epochs 
B) any time period in the past 
C) divisions of time based on cultural standards,as in "Stone Age" 
D) the time frames during which a certain fossil species existed 
A) divisions in geologic time divided into periods and epochs 
B) any time period in the past 
C) divisions of time based on cultural standards,as in "Stone Age" 
D) the time frames during which a certain fossil species existed

Question 9

What can cultural dating be used to date?

Accepted Answer

A) ceramics 
B) bones and teeth 
C) shells 
D) trilobite evolution 
A) ceramics 
B) bones and teeth 
C) shells 
D) trilobite evolution

Question 10

To reconstruct and interpret evolutionary changes,it is crucial to place each fossil in time.What is the resulting "placement" called?

Accepted Answer

A) a chronological sequence 
B) an era 
C) a period 
D) a phylogeny 
A) a chronological sequence 
B) an era 
C) a period 
D) a phylogeny

Question 11

What was the Pleistocene characterized by during crucial periods of human evolution?

Accepted Answer

A) massive glaciation,then warm interglacials 
B) high humidity 
C) aridity then humidity 
D) glaciation then aridity 
A) massive glaciation,then warm interglacials 
B) high humidity 
C) aridity then humidity 
D) glaciation then aridity

Question 12

Most of the early hominin fossils discovered in Africa come from the eastern and southern parts of the continent.Why is this?

Accepted Answer

A) More populations of early hominin species lived in these areas and nowhere else. 
B) Only these areas were conducive to sustaining life. 
C) These areas provided better preservation of fossils. 
D) Many villagers in these areas gather fossils to sell. 
A) More populations of early hominin species lived in these areas and nowhere else. 
B) Only these areas were conducive to sustaining life. 
C) These areas provided better preservation of fossils. 
D) Many villagers in these areas gather fossils to sell.

Question 13

How does Steno's law of superposition support relative and absolute dating methods?

Accepted Answer

Steno's law of superposition essentially

Question 14

Based on the molecular clock,when do geneticists believe the split between chimps and hominins occurred?

Accepted Answer

A) 10-12 mya 
B) 8-10 mya 
C) 6-8 mya 
D) 4-6 mya 
A) 10-12 mya 
B) 8-10 mya 
C) 6-8 mya 
D) 4-6 mya

Question 15

What is crucial to creating a fossil record of a species?

Accepted Answer

A) a living form of the fossil species 
B) a good representation in the fossil record 
C) the preservation of soft tissue such as muscle 
D) the lack of dating;knowing the age of the fossil introduces biases 
A) a living form of the fossil species 
B) a good representation in the fossil record 
C) the preservation of soft tissue such as muscle 
D) the lack of dating;knowing the age of the fossil introduces biases

Question 16

Igneous rock can be dated with which of the following methods?

Accepted Answer

A) radiopotassium dating 
B) dendrochronology 
C) radiocarbon dating 
D) flourine dating 
A) radiopotassium dating 
B) dendrochronology 
C) radiocarbon dating 
D) flourine dating

Question 17

What is an index fossil?

Accepted Answer

A) a fossil found in a particular site 
B) the ideal specimen of that species that all later descriptions must refer to 
C) a marker used to determine the age of a geological layer 
D) the type specimen of a species 
A) a fossil found in a particular site 
B) the ideal specimen of that species that all later descriptions must refer to 
C) a marker used to determine the age of a geological layer 
D) the type specimen of a species

Question 18

Fission track dating can be used to determine the age of which type of material?

Accepted Answer

A) sedimentary rock 
B) shell 
C) bone 
D) volcanic ash and obsidian 
A) sedimentary rock 
B) shell 
C) bone 
D) volcanic ash and obsidian

Question 19

What was the climate like when early hominins first appeared,about 5-10 mya?

Accepted Answer

A) increasingly wet and rainy 
B) increasingly hot and humid 
C) increasingly dry and seasonal 
D) less temperate 
A) increasingly wet and rainy 
B) increasingly hot and humid 
C) increasingly dry and seasonal 
D) less temperate

Question 20

What is the study of what happens to an organism's remains after death?

Accepted Answer

A) archaeology 
B) cryptozoology 
C) forensic biology 
D) taphonomy 
A) archaeology 
B) cryptozoology 
C) forensic biology 
D) taphonomy

A mummy is discovered whose stone tomb includes cloth,food,and other organic remains.What dating method would most likely be used to date the tomb?

A hearth is discovered with bone fragments in it.Which of the following methods might be used to date the bone fragments?

During the Holocene artifacts like ________ began to appear.

What can scientists use to determine the type of plant an organism consumed?

Which era saw the proliferation of mammals?

Differentiate between absolute and relative dating techniques,giving one example of each.

For directly dating hominin fossils from several thousand to about a million years old,what dating method might be used?

What are eras?

What can cultural dating be used to date?

To reconstruct and interpret evolutionary changes,it is crucial to place each fossil in time.What is the resulting "placement" called?

What was the Pleistocene characterized by during crucial periods of human evolution?

Most of the early hominin fossils discovered in Africa come from the eastern and southern parts of the continent.Why is this?

How does Steno's law of superposition support relative and absolute dating methods?

Based on the molecular clock,when do geneticists believe the split between chimps and hominins occurred?

What is crucial to creating a fossil record of a species?

Igneous rock can be dated with which of the following methods?

What is an index fossil?

Fission track dating can be used to determine the age of which type of material?

What was the climate like when early hominins first appeared,about 5-10 mya?

What is the study of what happens to an organism's remains after death?

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Genetics: Reproducing Life and Producing Variation

Genes and Their Evolution: Population Genetics

Biology in the Present: Living People

Biology in the Present: The Other Living Primates

Primate Sociality, social Behavior, and Culture

Primate Origins and Evolution: The First 50 Million Years

Early Hominin Origins and Evolution: The Roots of Humanity

The Origins and Evolution of Early Homo

The Origins,evolution,and Dispersal of Modern People

The Past 10, 000 Years: Agriculture, population, biology

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Exam 8: Fossils and Their Place in Time and Nature

A mummy is discovered whose stone tomb includes cloth,food,and other organic remains.What dating method would most likely be used to date the tomb?

A hearth is discovered with bone fragments in it.Which of the following methods might be used to date the bone fragments?

During the Holocene artifacts like ________ began to appear.

What can scientists use to determine the type of plant an organism consumed?

Which era saw the proliferation of mammals?

Differentiate between absolute and relative dating techniques,giving one example of each.

For directly dating hominin fossils from several thousand to about a million years old,what dating method might be used?

What are eras?

What can cultural dating be used to date?

To reconstruct and interpret evolutionary changes,it is crucial to place each fossil in time.What is the resulting "placement" called?

What was the Pleistocene characterized by during crucial periods of human evolution?

Most of the early hominin fossils discovered in Africa come from the eastern and southern parts of the continent.Why is this?

How does Steno's law of superposition support relative and absolute dating methods?

Based on the molecular clock,when do geneticists believe the split between chimps and hominins occurred?

What is crucial to creating a fossil record of a species?

Igneous rock can be dated with which of the following methods?

What is an index fossil?

Fission track dating can be used to determine the age of which type of material?

What was the climate like when early hominins first appeared,about 5-10 mya?

What is the study of what happens to an organism's remains after death?

What Is Physical Anthropology?

Evolution: Constructing a Fundamental Scientific Theory

Genetics: Reproducing Life and Producing Variation

Genes and Their Evolution: Population Genetics

Biology in the Present: Living People

Biology in the Present: The Other Living Primates

Primate Sociality, social Behavior, and Culture

Primate Origins and Evolution: The First 50 Million Years

Early Hominin Origins and Evolution: The Roots of Humanity

The Origins and Evolution of Early Homo

The Origins,evolution,and Dispersal of Modern People

The Past 10, 000 Years: Agriculture, population, biology

Evolution: Today and Tomorrow

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