Primates
Across
- 4. The __________ world monkeys are found in the Americas (Mexico, North America, and South America)
- 5. all primates except humans walk on __________ limbs
- 7. the group of primates that includes monkeys and apes
- 10. Primates have large _________ for their body size.
- 11. A feature unique to primates where the first digit (thumb) can be brought across the palm or foot to touch other digits
- 16. Monkeys that live in Asia and Africa are called _________________ monkeys
- 17. the more primitive, “wet-nosed” primates
- 20. Apes have longer arms than legs, barrel-shaped chests, no tails, and ______________
- 21. primates' newborns have a longer period of ________________
- 23. Gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees, and humans are _________ apes
- 25. the ability to use both eyes simultaneously to create a single, clear, three-dimensional image, facilitating depth perception and spatial awareness
- 26. Apes are highly social and have complex ____________
- 27. a strong, fifth limb-like structure used for grasping and balance (a tail that can grab stuff)
- 28. humanlike primates more closely related to modern humans than to the rest of the great apes
- 29. simple, primitive type of cell with no nucleus
Down
- 1. Primates have high levels of skill, grace, and coordination in using their hands called manual ____________
- 2. more of primates' brain area is devoted to ____________
- 3. Hand-over-hand swinging motion done on monkey bars is called
- 6. active during the day
- 8. Compared to other mammals, primates have fewer ___________
- 9. “dry-nosed” primates including the anthropoids, large-brained, diurnal monkeys and hominoids
- 12. The kind of apes that are arboreal and move through the trees using a hand-over-hand swinging motion
- 13. are found only in Borneo and the Philippines and are nocturnal and arboreal
- 14. most primates are ___________ or tree dwelling
- 15. Many primates have problem-solving abilities and complex ___________
- 18. Less of primates’ brain area is devoted to __________
- 19. type of cell that all plants and animals and primates are made out of
- 22. primates have long ____________ compared to other mammals
- 24. awake and active at night