1.Consider strata I. What can geologists infer based onthe position of strata I in relation to the surroundingstrata?

Strata I was deposited during the time when strata A was the topmost layer of soil

Strata I was deposited after strata G.

Strata I was deposited after a hole was dug in the soil

All of these

2.We discussed several primate hypotheses. Which of thefollowing is NOT a hypothesis explaining whyprimates evolved?

Visual Predating Hypothesis

Adaptive Hypothesis

Arboreal Hypothesis

Angiosperm Co-evolution Hypothesis

3.

I found a primate skull on a dig this summer. It has an eyesocket enclosed by a bony plate. The primate does have a prehensiletail. It has a dental formula of 2-1-3-3. It has a canine honingcomplex. Based on these features, this primate can be classified asa member of the group…

Platyrrhine

Tarsiforme

Strepsirrhine

Catarrhine

4.

What is one difference between radiocarbon dating andpotassium-argon dating?

Radiocarbon dating is used for organic materials whilepotassium-argon dating is used for rocks

Potassium-argon dating is based on calculations of the half-lifeof carbon compounds in rock

Radiocarbon dating only dates organic materials older than200,000 years

Radiocarbon dating is based on calculations of the half-life ofcarbon compounds in rock

5.

Plesiadapiformes are our suspected primate ancestors but theyare not true primates. Palaeontologists consider which of thefollowing the first true primates?

Euprimates

Parapithecus

Tarsiers

Aegyptipithecus