Fossils and Phylogenetic trees

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

• Turtle

• Leopard

• Lamprey

• All three of these animals produce the amniotic egg

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

• Because they come from dominant alleles.

• Because they come from recessive alleles.

• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?

• Fossil A and C are the same age
  
• Fossil B is older than fossil C
• Fossils A is older than fossil B
• Fossil D is older than fossil C

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The gradual change in species over time is...

• Evolution
• Nucleotide 
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is another name for natural selection?

• survival of the smartest

• survival of the fastest

• survival of the biggest

• survival of the fittest

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A biological ____________ is a group of interbreeding populations that is reproductively isolated from other groups.

• species

• family

• phylogeny

• hybrid

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which group on the cladogram arose FIRST?

• Theropods

• Allosaurus

• Robin

• Velociraptor

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Do theropods have light bones?

• yes

• no

On the cladogram, which organism is the closest relative of the parrot?

• Frog

• Hare

• Caiman

• Parrot

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2