Cladistics

What trait separates sharks from ray-finned fish?

• Vertebrae
• Bony skeleton
• Four limbs
• None

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What traits do crocodiles and amphibians have in common?

• Vertebrae and hair
• Four limbs and amniotic eggs
• Bony skeleton and vertebrae
• Amniotic eggs and hair

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called:

• Geology
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Chemistry

According to the cladogram, which organism is most distantly related to the human?

• crayfish
• grasshopper
• perch
• frog

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A branching diagram that represents the proposed phylogeny or evolutionary history of a species or group 

• Cladogram 
• Cladistics
• Phylogeny
• Taxonomy

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A method that classifies organisms according to the order that they diverged from a common ancestor 

• Cladogram 
• Dichotomous Key
• Molecular Clock
• Cladistics

The first part of the scientific name is ALWAYS

• italicized
• underlined
• capitalized
• lowercased

A scientific name is made up of 2 parts; the first is the genus and the second is the ___

• family
• kingdom
• phylum
• species

Most recently evolved trait?

• Amniotic egg
• Walking legs
• Jaws
• Hair

According to this cladogram, primates share a common ancestor with

• amphibians

• rodents and rabbits

• crocodiles

• birds

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2