Which era is correctly matched with how long ago it ended?

• Precambrian; 4.8 bya

• Paleozoic; 251 mya

• Mesozoic; 65 mya

• Cenozoic; 65 mya

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Which of the events listed below occurred in the Paleozoic?

• Rapid increase of multicellular aquatic organisms

• First multicellular organisms appeared as fossils

• Conifers (like pine trees) became the dominant plant

• Flowering plants diversified

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A good definition of a phylogeny is

• a depiction of well-described common ancestors

• a method used to determine taxonomic rank

• a way to identify all biodiversity associated with a lineage

• a description of evolutionary relationships among included taxa

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In the data table, character ____ is informative and character ____ is uninformative

• 1;6

• 2;1

• 4;5

• 5;4

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Which of the following statements about biodiversity is false?

• Biologists have a good idea about how many species contribute to biodiversity.

• Boundaries between geological eras can be defined by changes in biodiversity.

  
  

• Biodiversity is generated by the process of natural selection.

  
  

• Variability in organisms contributes to biodiversity.

  
  

• Extinct species are part of the biodiversity on earth.

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When investigating an area that has sedimentary rock, you find two fossils.  The first fossil was found in a layer of rock about 2 meters above the second fossil.  From this information you can infer

• the second fossil was unlikely to be from the Precambrian

• the first fossil is younger than the second fossil.

• the second fossil is younger than the first fossil.

• both fossils are likely to have been from aquatic organisms.

• both fossils are likely the same species.

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Which of the events listed below occurred in the Cenozoic? 

• Dinosaurs went extinct.  

  
  

• Flowering plants dominated.

  
  

• Mammals first arose.

  
  

• Terrestrial animals first began to diversify.

  
  

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Protists do not form a monophyletic group. A good explanation of why that statement is true would be that the group that contains all protists

• and their most recent common ancestor must include taxa that are not protists.

• does not have a common ancestor.

  
  

• does not include prokaryotes.

  
  

• is not big enough to call the group a Kingdom.

  
  

• would only be monophyletic if it included plants.

  
  

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Which of the following is NOT an application for which a phylogeny can be used?

• To track pandemics.

  
  

• To identify when a virus evolved.

  
  

• To determine which virus strain will make people sick.

• To determine the number of times a trait evolved.

Which two taxa belong to a monophyletic group with only each other?

• Brontosaurus and Stegosaurus

  
  

• Brontosaurus and the outgroup

  
  

• Stegosaurus and Archaeopteryx

  
  

• Triceratops and Archaeopteryx

  
  

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