Week 12 Packet Check

Based on the dog breeds video clip, dogs evolved from....

• Bears

• Tigers

• Wolves

• Coyotes

From the dog breeds video clip, the saluki originated in ancient...

• Greece

• Rome

• Egypt

• Kenya

The chart in the picture is for the order...

• Mammalia

• Carnivora

• Herbivora

• Omnivora

Based on the image (click on it to see it better), when did the Herpestidae family evolve?

• 23 million years ago

• 28 million years ago

• 30 million years ago

• 55 million years ago

Using the image (click on it to zoom in), when did Hyaenidae speciate?

• About 10 million years ago

• About 20 million years ago

• About 30 million years ago

• About 40 million years ago

What is a clade?

• A group evolving from a common ancestor

• A type of fossil

• A classification of plants

• A form of animal behavior

The family for wolves is...

• Viverridae

• Mephitidae

• Felidae

• Canidae

Who is part of the most recently evolved family in the clade containing felidae?

• Mustelidae

• Canidae

• Eupleridae

• Ursidae

How are lions and wolves similar?

• They both have males and females hunting

• They both have social hierarchies

• They both have two alphas - a male and a female

• Only the females are in charge of raising the young

Is the following example divergent or convergent evolution? : butterfly wings and bird wings, which are similar but not due to a common ancestor

• Convergent

• Divergent