Cladograms and Levels of Organization

Cladograms and Levels of Organization

Multiple Choice

Which two orgainsms have hair? 

• Sharks & Ray Finned Fish
• Primates & Rodents
• Birds & Crocodiles
• Rabbits & Birds

Multiple Choice

According to this cladogram, sharks are MOST closely related to which organism? 

• Amphibians
• Ray finned fish
• Crocodiles
• Birds

Multiple Choice

- The cladogram shows the evolution of land plants as indicated by fossil records.

Which discovery would challenge the validity of this cladogram?

• A large aquatic vascular plant about 200 million years old

• A species of algae that has existed for less than one million years

• A moss species that has existed for less than 380 million years

• A fossil of a fern more than 425 million years old

Multiple Choice

- A cladogram is shown.

All the animals to the right of the hagfish would have the common characteristic of —

• fur

• claws or nails

• lungs

• jaws

Multiple Choice

- This cladogram shows the evolutionary relationships among some mammals based on homologous structures.

Which statement is supported by this cladogram?

• Hippopotamuses are more closely related to cows than to javelinas.

• Toothed whales are more closely related to mouse deer than to hippopotamuses.

• Javelinas and pigs are more closely related than baleen whales and toothed whales.

• Cows and mouse deer are more closely related than javelinas and pigs

Multiple Choice

What is the name of bird W?

• Certhidea
• Geospiza
• Camarhynchus
• Platyspiza

Multiple Choice

An illustration and a dichotomous key are given. What is the correct classification for this organism?

• Class Insecta
• Order Amblygygi
• Order Araneae
• Order Scorpiones

Multiple Choice

A group of students examines preserved specimens in order to classify each organism based on a dichotomous key. What equipment would help students complete this investigation?

• microscope

• hand lens

• ruler

• map

Multiple Choice

Dichotomous keys are NOT based on

• physical characteristics

• structural adaptations

• stimuli and response

• observable traits

Multiple Choice

The smallest unit

of a compound consisting of two or more atoms

bonded together.

• Organelle

• Cell

• Molecule

• Atom

Multiple Choice

The basic building block of living things, made up of organelles.

• Tissue

• Organelle

• Cell

• Atom

Multiple Choice

- Recent studies in bone research indicate that using ultrasound on a broken bone can decrease the healing time by 25%. Which of these are the most basic levels of organization involved when a bone heals?

• Cells and tissue

• Cells and organ system

• Organ system and organism

• Tissue and organ system

Multiple Choice

Group of tissues with similar functions.

• Organelles

• Cells

• Tissues

• Organs

Multiple Choice

-The human body is composed of organ systems. Which list represents a system organized from least to most complex?

• Heart, cardiac muscle, muscle tissue, muscle cell

• Lung tissue, trachea, nostrils, circulatory system

• Muscle cell, muscle tissue, biceps muscle, muscular system

• Integumentary system, skin cell, hair, sweat glands

Multiple Choice

Any single living individual, and can refer to a single human, animal, plant,

Protista, bacteria, or fungi.

• Community

• Cell

• Population

• Organism

Multiple Choice

10C The diagrams show some of the levels of biological organization. In what order are the levels in the diagrams?

• Population, community, ecosystem

• Organism, community, population

• Organism, population, community

• Ecosystem, population, community

Multiple Choice

-Which answer choice best describes a community

• Praying mantises caring for their young

• Three-spined sticklebacks living in estuaries

• Different species of lizards occupying the same niche in a desert

• Roosting mother bats recognizing their offspring

Multiple Choice

-The zoology class went on a field trip to a local farm that has a large pond. Sort the lists in the order of biological organization from smallest to largest that the students expect to find at the pond.

• Organism, community, population, ecosystem

• Organism, population, community, ecosystem

• Population, organism, community, ecosystem

• Population, organism, ecosystem, community

Multiple Choice

A biological community that includes various species and their physical environment (Living and Nonliving Factors).

• Organism

• Community

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

Multiple Choice

When scientists first explored rainforests and began cataloging the vast numbers of organisms, descriptions and drawings were recorded in journals. Which tool would be most helpful in classifying the organisms?

• hand lens

• metric ruler

• microscope

• dichotomous key

Poll

How would you rate your understanding in of this lesson?

(Thank you Amaireni Benjume-Sanchez)

• I still need more practice

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