A.   Periods characterized by low global temperatures and the expansion of ice sheets on Earth’s surface.

B.   A word used to describe species that are currently alive today.

C.   Mineralized copies of organisms or activity imprints.

D.   The largest unity of geologic time, spanning billions of years and divided into subunits called eras, periods, and epochs.

A.   Mineralized copies of organisms or activity imprints

B.   Single-celled marine organisms with shells.

C.   Fossilized poop.

D.   A word used to describe species that are currently alive today.

A.   The process by which the pressure of sediments squeeze extra water out of decaying remains and replace the voids that appear with minerals from the surrounding soil and groundwater.

B.   A relative dating method that analyzes the absorption of fluorine in bones from the surrounding soils.

C.   The scientific law that states that rock and soil are deposited in layers, with the youngest layers on top and the oldest layers on the bottom.

D.   A chronometric dating method that uses the annual growth of trees to build a timeline into the past.

A.   A word used to describe species that are currently alive today.

B.   When a fossil is embedded in a substance, such as igneous rock.

C.   The smallest units of geologic time, spanning thousands to millions of years.

D.   Mineralized copies of organisms or activity imprints.

A.   A specimen of human remains that is naturally mummified by extreme low temperatures.

B.   Periods characterized by low global temperatures and the expansion of ice sheets on Earth’s surface.

C.   Matter that cannot be broken down into smaller matter.

D.   Mineralized copies of organisms or activity imprints.

A.   Fossilized remains of activity such as footprints

B.   Core samples taken from lake beds or other water sources for analysis of their pollen

C.   A relative dating method that is based on ordered layers that build up over time.

D.   Variants of elements that spontaneously change into stable isotopes over time.

A.   The study of what happens to an organism after death

B.   The process of transforming the atom by spontaneously releasing energy.

C.   The theoretical perspective that the geologic processes observed today are the same as the processes operating in the past.

D.   Core samples taken from lake beds or other water sources for analysis of their pollen

A.   A flattened area of the ischium on the pelvis over which calluses form; functioning as seat pads for sitting and resting atop branches.

B.   How an organism moves around.

C.   A form of locomotion in which the organism swings below branches using the forelimbs

D.   Bony projection at the elbow end of the ulna.

A.   A grouping based on overall similarity in lifestyle, appearance, and behavior.

B.   Having different types of teeth.

C.   The number of each type of tooth in one quadrant of the mouth, written as number of incisors: canines: premolars: molars.

D.   The bumps on the chewing surface of the premolars and molars, which can be quite sharp in some species.

A.   A trait that is useful for a wide range of tasks.

B.   Being able to see only blues and greens.

C.   Having a diet consisting primarily of gums and saps.

D.   A space between the teeth, usually for large canines to fit when the mouth is closed.

A.   Having five digits or fingers and toes.

B.   When two or more taxa share characteristics because they inherited them from a common ancestor.

C.   Bony projection at the elbow end of the ulna.

D.   Refers to an organism’s pace of growth, reproduction, lifespan, etc.

A.   Sharpened ridges that connect cusps on a bilophodont molar.

B.   Wet noses; produced when the nose is connected to the upper lip.

C.   Having the ability to see reds, yellows, blues, greens, and ultraviolet.

D.   A trait that has been inherited from a distant ancestor.

A.   The relationship between a symbol and its referent (meaning), in which there is no obvious connection between them.

B.   Bony projection at the elbow end of the ulna.

C.   The behavior of rubbing scent glands or urine onto objects as a way of communicating with others.

D.   When a species exhibits sex differences in morphology, behavior, hormones, and/or coloration.

A.   A variety of speech. The term is often applied to a subordinate variety of a language. Speakers of two dialects of the same language do not necessarily always understand each other.

B.   The idea that two species that compete for the exact same resources cannot coexist

C.   A description of non-aggressive social interactions and associations between individuals.

D.   The transmission of behavior from one generation to the next through observation and imitation.

A.   Members of the same species.

B.   Two or more species that do not overlap in geographic distribution.

C.   The ability of all individuals of the species to both send and receive messages; a feature of some species’ communication systems

D.   To leave one’s group or area. This may or may not involve entering another group

A.   Emigrating from the group into which one is born.

B.   The killing of infants of one’s own species.

C.   The length of time between successive births.

D.   A way of describing which male(s) and female(s) mate.

A.   Associations between two or more different species involving behavioral changes by at least one of the associated species

B.   A mating system in which one male mates with multiple females.

C.   A mating system in which multiple males mate with a single breeding female.

D.   A mating system in which multiple males mate with multiple females.

A.   When males and females of a species have similar morphological traits.

B.   An individual’s genetic contribution to future generations.

C.   When males and females of a species have different morphological traits.

D.   All living organisms that occur in an area that includes primates.

A.   Competition between sperm of two or more different males to fertilize the same egg.

B.   Area of the hindquarters that change in size, shape and often color over the course of a female’s reproductive cycle, reaching maximum size at ovulation.

C.   The selection for traits that increase mating success. This occurs via intersexual selection and intrasexual selection.

D.   When males and females of a species have different morphological traits.

A.   Group containing all of the descendants of a single ancestor

B.   Group containing catarrhines, platyrrhines, and tarsiers.

C.   Group containing monkeys and apes, including humans.

D.   Order: Primates. True primates or primates of modern aspect

A.   Space between adjacent teeth.

B.   Group containing catarrhines, platyrrhines, and tarsiers.

C.   Order: Primates; Superfamily: Omomyoidea.

D.   Taxa are basal to a given crown group but are more closely related to the crown group than to the closest living sister taxon of the crown group.

A.   Smallest monophyletic group (clade) containing a specified set of extant taxa and all descendants of their last common ancestor.

B.   The ecological interaction between whole groups of species (e.g., primates) with whole groups of other species.

C.   The independent evolution of a morphological feature in animals not closely related.

D.   A subsistence system based on the small-scale cultivation of crops intended primarily for the direct consumption of the household or immediate community

A.   Dental condition where at least one of the lower cheek-teeth (molars or premolars) is a laterally compressed blade.

B.   Dental condition found in modern strepsirrhines in which the lower incisors and canines are laterally compressed and protrude forward at a nearly horizontal inclination.

C.   The features that allow you to recognize a group.

D.   The ecological interaction between whole groups of species with whole groups of other species.

A.   Group containing monkeys and apes, including humans.

B.   Order: Primates; Superfamily: Omomyoidea. One of the earliest groups of euprimates (true primates; earliest record in the early Eocene).

C.   Modern humans and any extinct relatives more closely related to us than to chimpanzees.

D.   Group containing catarrhines, platyrrhines, and tarsiers.

A.   The rounded bony floor of the middle ear cavity.

B.   Dental condition in which the cusps of molar teeth form ridges (or lophs) separated from each other by valleys.

C.   Space between adjacent teeth.

D.   Dental condition found in modern strepsirrhines in which the lower incisors and canines are laterally compressed and protrude forward at a nearly horizontal inclination