Day 8 - Cladogram & Phylogenetic Trees

Which number represents the common ancestor of all species on the tree?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

According to this phylogenetic tree, which creature is the least related out of all pictured?

• Fish

• Frog

• Salamander

• Human

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Who is the closest relative to the brown bear?

• Giant panda

• Dog

• Lesser panda

• Sun bear

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

An inheritable characteristic that gives a survival advantage to the organism

• speciation
• adaption
• rapid speciation
• derived character

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

On the cladogram, which organism is the closest relative of the parrot?

• Frog

• Hare

• Caiman

• Parrot

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

All the animals to the right of the salamander would have the common characteristic of...

• Fur

• Claws or nails

• Lungs

• Jaws

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
• Because they come from dominant alleles.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.
• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

According to this data, the unknown bacterial species is most closely related to: 

• Species I
• Species II
• Species III
• Species IV

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

According to the cladogram, which organism is most distantly related to the human?

• crayfish

• grasshopper

• perch

• frog

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The lizard has all these derived characteristics EXCEPT

• Jaws

• Lungs

• Bipedal

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2