Classification

Open Ended

What is ONE thing you remember about the Classification Unit?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be the closest related?

• Two species that share the same phylum

• Two species that share the same kingdom

• Two species that share the same family

• Two species that share the same genus

Multiple Choice

Using the image, what two species are the most closely related?

• 1 & 2

• 2 & 3

• 3 & 4

• 1 & 4

• 1 & 3

How to read a Cladogram/

Phylogenic Tree

Multiple Choice

Which two species are the most closely related?

• A & B

• C & D

• A & E

• B & C

Multiple Choice

Which two species are the least closely related?

• A & B

• C & D

• A & E

• B & C

Open Ended

What do the numbered dots represent?

Multiple Choice

You are a scientist that finds an unknown species you need to classify. What known species is it most closely related to?

• Species I

• Species II

• Species III

• Species IV

Multiple Choice

You are a scientist that finds an unknown species you need to classify. You sequence the DNA of the unknown species and run a computer program to tell how many DNA differences are there between the unknown and four known species. What known species is it most closely related to?

• Species A

• Species B

• Species C

• Species D

Multiple Choice

You are a taxonomy scientist asked to determine which two species are most closely related. Using the data from the image, compare the different species?

• Species 1 & 2

• Species 2 & 3

• Species 1 & 3

• Species 2 & 4

• Species 3 & 4

Open Ended

Using your background knowledge and the Nearpod Warm-up, in your own words, describe the endosymbiotic theory.