Biology Ev11 Quiz Phylogeny and Cladistics

________________ is the evolutionary history of a group of related organisms.

• Phylogeny

• Cladistics

• Ecology

• Physiolgy

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The evolutionary history of a group of related organisms can be represented by this.

• food web

• phylogenetic tree

• cladistic narrative

• phylogeny graph

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

This is a group of organisms that includes an ancestor and all of its descendants

• genome

• evolution

• clade

• species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

This is a method of comparing traits in related species to determine ancestor-descendant relationships.

• cladistics

• pneumonics

• phylogeny

• evolutionary analysis

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which of these is a clade?

• blue

• green

• all of these are clades

• red

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

This phylogenetic tree shows that all these organisms are metazoa(animals)

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which tetrapod is least related to all others?

• dog

• platypus

• tammar wallaby

• armadillo

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which animal was the earliest to evolve?

• coelacanth

• dog

• turkey

• human

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

How many animals on this cladogram have lungs?

• 2

• 3

• 5

• 7

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

How many animals on this cladogram have radial symmetry?

• 1

• 2

• 6

• 9

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2