Biological Evolution and Classification

According to maximum parsimony...

• The simpler your phylogenetic tree, the better

• Phylogenetic trees should have many branches

• All organisms in a phylogenetic tree must descend from a common ancestor

• Phylogenetic trees must show all traits

Which of the following is NOT a domain of life?

• Prokarya

• Eukarya

• Eubacteria

• Archaebacteria

Grouping of organisms based on their physical traits and similarities in DNA.

• Biological Classification

• Sea Floor Spreading

• Geological Evolution

• Biological Evolution

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce

• Plate Tectonics

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits.

• Genetic Variation

• Sea Floor Spreading

• Geological Evolution

• Natural Selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

the change over time in populations of related organisms

• Biological Classification

• Sea Floor Spreading

• Geological Evolution

• Biological Evolution

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.

• Trait

• Phenotype

• Plate Tectonics

• Adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What are the different types of evidence for evolution?

• fossils

• DNA similarities

• similarities in embryos

• similarities in anatomy

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The study of the similarities and differences of body structures of different species

• comparative embryology

• comparative anatomy

• evolution

• fossil evidence

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

To change the frequencies of alleles in a population over time; biological change over time. 

• natural selection

• theory of evolution

• evidence

• evolution

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4