Cladograms and Evolution

How would you describe this picture? butterly vs. bat wing

• Homologous structure
• Analogous structure
• Structural adaption
• Functional adaption

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

• Homologous
• Vestigial
• Analogous

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

• Homologous
• Vestigial
• Analogous

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Whales are aquatic mammals that contain a pelvis bone.  Even though it does not aid in its movement, the function must have been used by a common ancestor of the whale.  Thus, the pelvis is referred to as a(n)...

• vestigial structure
• analogous structure
• homologous structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

If an organism has a vestigial structure, that structure likely once had a function in a(n)...

• close relative
• early ancestor
• unrelated organism
• embryological stage

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

• Homologous
• Vestigial
• Analogous

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Two organisms that are closely related would have...

• very similar DNA sequence
• exactly the same DNA sequences
• no proteins in common
• completely different DNA sequence

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

• Homologous
• Vestigial
• Analogous

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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

• Amphibians
• Ray finned fish
• Crocodiles
• Birds

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

• homologous
• Vestigial
• Analogous

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2