Evolutionary Relationships

Which is supported by the information in the chart?

• All three plants have a common ancestor that had seeds.

• All three plants have a common ancestor that had leaves.

• Plants B and C are most closely related.

• Plants A and B are most closely related.

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Study the images of four different plants. Based on the observable shared characteristics, which two plants are probably the most closely related?

• W and Y

• X and Z

• W and Z

• Y and Z

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Evidence for evolution reveals that closely related organisms have many different__________ characteristics

• shared

• different

• ancient

• modified

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Which statement about shared characteristics best supports this statement?

• Crocodiles and sharks both live in water.

• Crocodiles and tigers are both made of cells.

• Crocodiles and tigers both have four legs.

• Sharks and tigers are both meat eaters.

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A cladogram is shown for three groups of organisms, X, Y, and Z.

Which relationship is the arrow pointing to in the cladogram?

• the common ancestor for X and Z

• the common ancestor for X and Y

• the common ancestor for X, Y, and Z

• the common ancestor for Y and Z

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Zoe began to draw a cladogram.

If she only needs to add the organisms, she can fit a maximum of_______ different species on her cladogram.

• three

• four

• five

• six

Write a Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (CER) about whale evolution. You only need 1 piece of evidence (use the image to remember the evidence).

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What three lines of evidence did we learn about to support the theory of evolution?

• Comparative Anatomy

• DNA Comparisons

• Embryology and Development

• Evolution Observed

• Fossil Record

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Claim: Evolution shows that all life is

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Evidence 1: fossil record. How does the fossil record show that all life is related?

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