Phylogeny and Cladistics

What is the study of the evolutionary history of the organism?

• Phylogeny

• Cladistics

• Systematics

• Taxonomy

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Which ancestry diagrams are based on derived character(s)?

• Cladograms

• Systematic

• Taxonomic

• Morphologic

Which classification system organizes the diversity of living things in the context of evolution?

• Systematics

• Taxonomy

• Cladistics

• Morphology

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

A classification system based on shared characteristics between groups or organisms and their common ancestor

• Cladistics

• Cladiogram

• Bionomial nomenclature

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A biologist sequences a gene shared by five different species. The percentage of sequence similarity for four different gene segments, A, B, C, and D, are shown in the table. Using the data in the table, move the species labels into the blank boxes of the cladogram to show the relationships among the species.

b

c

d

e

a

5

4

1

2

3

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A biologist sequences a gene shared by five different species. The percentage of sequence similarity for four different gene segments, A, B, C, and D, are shown in the table. Using the data in the table, move the species labels into the blank boxes of the cladogram to show the relationships among the species.

b

c

d

e

a

3

2

4

5

1

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

_______________ the evolutionary history of an organism

• Classification

• Phylogeny

• Hierarchy

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

The taxonomic classification of living organisms in successive levels of complexity and inclusivity

• Speciation

• Hierarchy

• Phylogeny

A branching diagram representing a hypothesis about the evolutionary descent of groups of organisms from a common ancestor.

• Cladistics

• Cladiogram

• Taxonomy

Which of these in the correct order, from LARGEST to smallest?

• Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

• Species, Family, Order, Genus, Class, Kingdom, Phylum

• Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Genus, Species, Family, Class

• Species, Family, Class, Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Genus