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Biological Anthropology explores the biological and evolutionary foundations of the human species. This course examines the principles of evolution, genetics, primatology, and the fossil record to understand human origins, adaptation, and diversity across time and space. Students will investigate the physical development of humans, compare humans with other primates, and explore how biological factors interact with cultural practices. Topics such as human variation, adaptation to different environments, and the impact of disease and diet on human evolution are discussed, offering a comprehensive view of what it means to be human from a biological perspective.
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Life in the Universe 3rd Edition by Jeffrey O. Bennett
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Chapter 2: The Science of Life in the Universe
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Q1) Even though the heliocentric model of Copernicus had many advantages over the Ptolemaic model, it suffered from the assumption that the
A) planets moved in ellipses about the Sun
B) planets moved in perfect circles about the Sun
C) planets moved in perfect circles about the Earth
D) Earth was not rotating on its axis
Answer: B
Q2) The astronomical unit (AU) is defined to be equal to the A) average distance between the Earth and the Sun
B) average distance between the Sun and the planet Pluto
C) distance between the Sun and the nearest star
D) diameter of the Earth
Answer: A
Q3) In science, conceptual representations of observed phenomena are referred to as A) facts
B) hypotheses
C) models
D) beliefs
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: The Universal Context of Life
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Q1) Measurement of the spectrum of light reflected from a planet gives us information on its
A) chemical composition
B) temperature
C) mass
D) distance
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following properties of the planets in our solar system is not explained by condensation theory?
A) direction of revolution
B) rotation rates
C) chemical compositions
D) orbital shapes
Answer: B
Q3) The light-year is defined to be the
A) time it takes light to travel from the Sun to the Earth
B) time it takes for light to travel from the nearest star to the Earth
C) distance light travels in one year
D) average distance between the Earth and the nearest star
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: The Habitability of Earth
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Q1) One observation that suggests that the Earth has a dense central core is that
A) the Earth has plate tectonics
B) surface rocks have the same density as the overall density of the planet
C) surface rocks have a lower density than overall density of the planet
D) surface rocks have a higher density than the overall density of the planet
Q2) Which component of Earth's geology has helped to shield the Earth's atmosphere from energetic particles of solar wind from the Sun which would have gradually stripped it away into space?
A) Volcanism
B) seismic activity
C) plate tectonics
D) global magnetism
Q3) What do we mean by the "fossil record"?
A) rocks from earlier periods of the Earth's history
B) samples of meteorites that fell to Earth early in its history
C) remains of ancient organisms preserved in rocks
D) an album by the Rolling Stones
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Chapter 5: The Nature of Life on Earth
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Q1) When humans get hot, they sweat in order to reduce their body temperature. Which of the key properties of life is this an example of?
A) growth and development
B) reproduction
C) response to environment
D) order
Q2) A photoheterotroph gets its energy from
A) chemical reactions and its carbon from other organisms
B) the Sun and its carbon from other organisms
C) the Sun and its carbon from its environment
D) chemical reactions and its carbon from its environment
Q3) Of the many possible nucleotides, the DNA used in living organisms on Earth uses how many?
A) 20
B) 4
C) 5
D) 23
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Chapter 6: The Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth
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Q1) In 2010, scientists discovered an RNA strand capable of catalyzing biochemical reactions made of
A) 165 bases
B) only 5 bases
C) only 2 bases
D) 1967 bases
Q2) The fossil fuel deposits we use today are the remains of organisms from which period in Earth's history?
A) The Cretaceous Period
B) The Carboniferous Period
C) The Cambrian Period
D) The Archaean Eon
Q3) A small piece of debris that burns up in the atmosphere is called a
A) meteor
B) meteorite
C) asteroid
D) meteoroid
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Chapter 7: Searching for Life in Our Solar System
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Q1) If life does indeed exist elsewhere in our solar system it will most likely take the form of
A) human beings
B) plants
C) birds
D) microbes or other simple life
Q2) Habitability generally refers to an environment capable of sustaining A) human life
B) plant life
C) microbial life only
D) any kind of life
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a basic requirement for chemically based life?
A) a liquid medium to transport biological molecules
B) a source of molecules from which to build living cells
C) oxygen from photosynthesis
D) a source of energy to fuel metabolism
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Chapter 8: Mars
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Q1) The seasonal polar caps on Mars are made of
A) methane ice
B) carbon dioxide ice
C) water ice
D) a uniform mixture of water and carbon dioxide ices
Q2) The Northern hemisphere of Mars is at
A) a higher than average elevation and is covered with impact craters
B) a higher than average elevation and is relatively smooth
C) an average elevation and is covered with impact craters
D) a lower than average elevation and is relatively smooth
Q3) The discovery of opaline and hydrated sulfate minerals on Mars by the rover Spirit suggests that Mars once had
A) a sulfur-rich atmosphere
B) vast oceans of water
C) simple microbial life
D) volcanically heated thermal hot springs
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Chapter 9: Life on Jovian Moons
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Q1) Io has an elliptical orbit because
A) of its rapid rotation
B) of its synchronous rotation
C) of the strong gravitational influence of Jupiter
D) of orbital resonances with Europa and Ganymede
Q2) Much of Europa's surface appears chaotic and clogged with huge iceberg-like blocks. This is consistent with
A) a thin icy crust that has been broken into pieces by tidal forces below which is a subsurface ocean of water
B) the surface thawing due to heat emitted by Jupiter
C) the breaking up of the surface due to plate tectonics
D) a giant impact that has recently shattered the crust into pieces
Q3) In the subsurface ocean beneath Europa's icy crust, if life exists, it most likely originated
A) close to volcanic vents on its ocean floor
B) on the surface and then migrated down into the ocean
C) just below the surface of its thin icy crust where sunlight is still able to penetrate
D) via panspermia from impacts
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Chapter 10: The Nature and Evolution of Habitability
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Q1) Mars currently lacks surface habitability mostly because of
A) the chemical composition of its atmosphere
B) its distance from the Sun
C) its small size
D) the chemical composition of its surface
Q2) During the last century, sea levels have risen by
A) about 1 meter
B) about 20 centimeters
C) about 2 millimeters
D) less than 1 millimeter
Q3) Most of the water that used to be present in the Venusian atmosphere
A) was destroyed in the atmosphere by ultraviolet light from the Sun
B) became chemically incorporated into rocks in the crust
C) was blasted into space by impacts
D) escaped into space
Q4) What is the name of the Japanese orbiter sent to Venus in 2010?
A) Hayabusa
B) Benihana
C) Akatsuki
D) Viinasu
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Chapter 11: Habitability Outside the Solar System
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Q1) Which is the following is the spectra sequence in order of decreasing temperature:
A) MKGFAOB
B) OBFAKGM
C) FGBAKMA
D) OBAFGKM
Q2) A nearby star is discovered to have a high mass planet at a very small distance form it. What would its radial velocity curve look like?
A) large amplitude, short wavelength
B) small amplitude, long wavelength
C) small amplitude, short wavelength
D) large amplitude, long wavelength
Q3) When our Sun becomes a red giant it will grow so large that it will
A) engulf the entire solar system
B) engulf some of the inner planets
C) extend out nearly to the orbit of Mercury
D) engulf some of the outer planets
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Chapter 12: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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Q1) In 1924, scientists and the U.S. Army listened for extraterrestrial broadcasts from A) Mars
B) Venus
C) the Moon
D) Mercury
Q2) Visible radiation may be useful for transmitting
A) signals over wide areas towards a number of nearby stars
B) signals to advanced civilizations that never develop radio astronomy
C) focused signals to individual star systems nearby
D) signals to civilizations in neighboring galaxies
Q3) One of the most likely places an advanced civilization might leave an artifact for us to find would be
A) in the desert of Roswell, New Mexico
B) the L4 and L5 points in the Earth-Moon system
C) in the Cydonia region of Mars
D) on the far side of the Moon
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Chapter 13: Interstellar Travel and the Fermi Paradox
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Q1) During the nuclear fission of uranium, what percentage of the original mass of the uranium is converted into energy?
A) 0.7%
B) 0.07%
C) 70%
D) 100%
Q2) Which kind of interstellar spacecraft would require the crew to be placed in suspended animation, perhaps for thousands of years?
A) solar sail
B) interstellar ark
C) matter-antimatter rocket
D) nuclear rocket
Q3) What kind of message from Earth was carried by the Pioneer probes?
A) a gold-coated copper record
B) a plaque
C) a DVD
D) a VHS tape
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