AP Bio Phylogeny

If you were building a phylogenetic tree of cats, which of the following would be the best outgroup?

• wolf

• domestic cat

• frog

• leopard

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

In a comparison of birds and mammals, the condition of having four limbs is

• a shared ancestral character

• a shared derived character

• a character useful for distinguishing birds from mammals

• an example of analogy rather than homology

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The yellow, blue, and read bubbles represent different phylogenies. How would you describe the yellow bubble?

• monophyletic

• paraphyletic

• polyphyletic

• anaphyletic

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

Both butterflies and bats have the ability to fly due to wing development. How would you describe the evolutionary relationship of the animal's wings?

• polytomy

• homoplasies

• analogous

• vestigial

What is a species?

• A group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring. 
• A group of organisms that genetically are very different from each other. 
• A group of organisms that can mate and produce offspring even if those offspring are infertile.
• Indivual organisms that live in the same environment. 

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Scientists classify organisms to ____________.

• Count the organisms quicker
• Catch the organisms in the wild
• Train the organisms to behave
• See how organisms are alike and different from each other

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

An inheritable trait that gives a survival advantage to the organism

• speciation

• adaption

• rapid speciation

• derived character

Each node on a cladogram represents...

• the last point at which two groups shared a common ancestor.

• the point at which one or more species became extinct.

• the point at which two species joined and became one

What is this a picture of?

• Species list

• Phylogeny map

• Cladogram

• Family tree

On this evolutionary tree, which organism is the closest relative of the human?

• Frog
• Hare
• Caiman
• Parrot

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2