Evolution EOC HW

What is the human most closely related to?

• Fish

• mouse

• Salamander

• Human

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Where is the alligator and T. rex's common ancestor?

• Point A

• Point B

• Point C

• Point D

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What is the purpose of a cladogram?

• To map the ancestral relationships and shared traits of different organisms.

• To trace the inherited traits of a single species over time.

• To check the likelihood of an offspring having a particular trait.

• To monitor mutations that arise among different populations.

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Which letter represents the most recent common ancestor of sponges and mushrooms?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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Which trait should go where A is on the cladogram?

• eyes

• feet

• lips

• hat

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Which organism goes in the B position?

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Who was the naturalist that traveled the world to study plants and animals?

• Albert Einstein
• Charles Darwin
• Charles Barkley
• Isaac Newton

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The gradual change in species over time is...

• Evolution
• Nucleotide 
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection

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Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

• increase in number
  
• become extinct
  

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To adjust to a changing environment

• Mutation
• Adapt

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