BR: Phylo trees and Reproductive Isolation

Who is most closely related to Taxidea taxus?

• Lutra lutra

• Panthera pardus

• Canis latrans

• Canis lupus

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According to this phylogenetic tree, which creature is the least related out of all pictured?

• Fish

• Frog

• Salamander

• Human

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which of these animals does not have/produce an amniotic egg?

• Turtle

• Leopard

• Lamprey

• All three of these animals produce the amniotic egg

Which group of animals on this tree are most closely related to birds?

• Saurischian dinosaurs

• Ornithischian dinosaurs

• Crocodiles

• None of these are related to birds

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A flash flood carried a raft of Amazon ants away from their original population. There is enough distance between the two groups, that they will never meet in nature again. What type of isolation is this?

• Behavioral isolation

• Temporal isolation

• Geographic isolation

If a population becomes isolated from other populations of the same species and then genetic differences start to occur, what happens?

• Competition

• Extinction

• Speciation

• Fossils form

Temporal isolation is different from behaviorial isolation because, temporal isolation means...

• Organisms are not reproducing at the same time

• Organisms are physically separated

• Organisms are not attracted to the mates attraction signals

What type of isolation has occurred in the image?

• Geographic isolation

• Temporal isolation

• Behavioral isolation

Some female peacocks prefer males with large, colorful tales while other female peacocks prefer males with no tail at all. Females are beginning to only mate with the type of males with the tail they prefer. What type of isolation is this?

• Behavioral isolation

• Geographic isolation

• Temporal isolation

Which two organisms are more closely related?

• Organism A and B

• Organism A and C

• Organism C and B