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Which organism in the table is least closely related to the chimpanzee?

• human
• grey wolf
• tiger snake
• monarch butterfly

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This cat is a member of which genus and species?

• Lynx rufus
• Puma concolor
• Lynx Canadensis
• Herpailurus yaguarondi

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Which of the following levels of classification would have organisms that had the most in common?

• Phylum
• Family
• Order 
• Kingdom

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Which of the following is the least closely related animal:
Gray Wolf: Canis lupus
Aardwolf: Proteles cristatus
Coyote: Canis latrans

• Coyote
• Aardwolf
• Gray Wolf
• Need more information on body characteristics

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What do archaea and bacteria have in common?

• Their cells have well-defined nuclei

• They are multicellular

• They are all shaped like rods, spheres, and spirals

• Their cells have no nuclei

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The forelimbs of humans, cats, whales, and bats are similar in structure due to having a common ancestor hundreds of millions of years ago. Is this considered homolgy or analogy?

• Homology

• Analogy

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What trait separates lampreys from tuna on this cladogram?

• Hair

• Vertebral column

• amniotic egg

• jaws

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If scientists were to compare the fossil of a fern that lived millions of years ago with other fern fossils that were formed later, what would they most likely find?

• that plants had bones millions of years ago

• that plants change over time

• that ferns stopped evolving 25 million years ago

• that only animals evolve

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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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The embryos of two different organisms are observed to have similar features. What is the most reasonable conclusion that can be drawn from this observation?

• The organisms will share these same features as adults.

• These organisms will have the same role in the same habitat.

• These organisms will take the same amount of time to develop.

• These organisms are related by a shared common ancestor.

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