Date ______Name ______
Apologia Zoology 3 Chapter 6: Fill In
Primate Features
Eyes ______
Vision ______à judges ______
______
______thumbs and toes
live in ______
carnivorous omnivorous herbivorous
often eat fruits and ______for ______
______brain
most have fingers and toes with ______
form groups called ______
top male ______
top female ______
1. Primate position determines:
how much ______
how much ______
whether it will have ______
2. Primates and ______have a lot in common.
3. Humans are in the ______order.
4. People are similar to apes and other primates because we have the same
______.
5. Name the book, chapter, and verses of the Bible that say how we’re different from other primates.
______: ______
6. Name 2 things humans can do that animals can’t:
1) ______
2) ______
7. Primates are too different from humans to be related. True False
8. Primates vs. Humans
Primates ______and ______are similar to ours.
Different ______expressions
Primates: stronger sight smell
Humans: stronger sight smell
Primate brains are still ______compared to humans.
Can both sit on ______
______on 2 legs
______feet have arches to ______
quadripedal – walk on ______legs
bipedal – walk on ______legs
9. ______, ______, and
______hands are similar.
10. Many animals use tools. True False
11. Infanticide shows that most apes have the same kinds of ______
as other animals.
12. What Greek word means “nose”? ______
13. What Greek word means “curved”? ______
14. Old world refers to:
Asia North America Australia
Europe South America Africa
15. Animals in suborder Strepsirrhini are members that have curved
______.
16. Lemurs, bushbabies, lorises, and aye-ayes have ______that are very
distinctive. They are very large because they are ______
and they ______light.
17. The ______has a face like a raccoon and odd
______, with its middle being the longest and used as
a tool for grabbing insects.
18. Aye-ayes live only in ______.
19. What Greek word means “simple”? ______
20. Suborder Haplorrhini refers to ______or
______-nosed primates.
21. Animals in the ______group are hard to classify.
22. ______are animals named because of their long ankle bone.
They have large ______, can fit in a grown man’s hand, and
the smallest of these creatures is the ______, also the
smallest primate in the world.
23. What Greek word means “flat”? ______
24. Animals in group ______have flat noses and are
New World primates. They tend to be ______and spend most of their
time in trees.
25. Arboreal means animals
______.
26. Most New World monkeys have ______tails.
27. Marmosets and tamarins are large animals. True False
28. Marmosets and tamarins have a great ______.
29. Marmosets and tamarins can have only one baby at a time. True False
30. Family units are important to marmosets and tamarins. True False
31. The best way for tamarins and marmosets to be found is to listen for
______.
32. Name two ways marmosets and tamarins are different:
1) ______
______
2) ______
______
33. What Greek word means “downward”? ______
34. Humans are placed in the ______group because our
noses fit the description of being downward pointing.
35. Old World primates are divided into two groups: ______and
______.
36. ______have tails, while ______don’t
have them.
37. Monkeys swing jump, hop, or skitter while
apes swing jump, hop, or skitter between trees.
38. Monkeys’ brains are smaller than apes’ brains. True False
39. Old World monkeys are larger smaller than
New World monkeys.
40. Colobinae are:
herbivorous omnivorous carnivorous
live in trees on the ground both
have pouched cheeks Don’t have pouched cheeks
41. Cercopithecinae are:
herbivorous omnivorous carnivorous
live in trees on the ground both
have pouched cheeks Don’t have pouched cheeks
42. A proboscis is a ______.
43. What monkey has a distinguishable facial feature?
______
44. Where do most Cercopithecinae animals live?
The Americas Europe Africa Asia
45. Name two of the Cercopithecinae primates:
______
______
46. What was the name of the rhesus monkey to first reach space?
______
47. Baboons prefer small groups. True False
48. What reduces the chance of a baboon being attacked by another baboon?
______
______
49. Baboons have several babies at a time. True False
50. Name some things baboons eat:
______
______
51. Apes are divided into 2 3 4 groups.
52. Name the groups of apes:
53. What is brachiation?
______
______
54. What color is a Gibbon’s skin? ______
55. How do gibbons mark their territories? ______
56.Gibbons eat:
______
______
______
57. What is a gular sac used for?
______
58. What are the most studied of all apes?
______
59. What is an ape society that is constantly joining together and breaking apart?
______
60. Which of these do chimps NOT do when angry?
stamp their feet drag branches
stir up dirt bare their teeth
61. What’s a chimp’s most important social interaction?
______
62. The most common way for an ape to walk is
______.
63. Which animal is smaller?
chimpanzee bonobo
64. Gorillas are the smallest primates. True False
65. Gorillas are social shy
66. What do gorillas eat?
______
______
______
67. The lead male of a gorilla troop is known as a ______.
68. How old is a gorilla when it must leave its troop? ______
69. Nests for sleeping are used over and over again. True False
70. What animal is a gorilla’s main predator? ______
71. Gorillas have the smallest largest brain but are
thought to be the most intelligent least intelligent ape.
72. What word means “man of the forest” in Malay words? ______
73. Orangutans are the most intelligent animals in the world. True False
74. An orangutan’s noticeable feature is its ______.
75. Orangutans are social loners
76. Name two odd things orangutans will eat:
______
77. Young orangutans live with their mother until they are ______to
______years old.