Phylogeny

The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?

• Fossil A and C are the same age
  
• Fossil B is older than fossil C
• Fossils A is older than fossil B
• Fossil D is older than fossil C

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Who is most closely related to Taxidea taxus?

• Lutra lutra

• Panthera pardus

• Canis latrans

• Canis lupus

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Which organism is the most distantly related to all the others?

• Raccoon

• Dog

• Giant Panda

• Sun Bear

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Which group of animals on this tree are most closely related to birds?

• Saurischian dinosaurs

• Ornithischian dinosaurs

• Crocodiles

• None of these are related to birds

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If a plant has vascular tissue but no seeds, which of the four plant groups here would it fall into?

• Ferns

• Cone-bearing plants

• Mosses

• Flowering plants

How many animals on this cladogram have lungs?

• 2

• 3

• 5

• 7

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Where is the T.rex and frog's common ancestor?

• Point A
• Point B
• Point C
• Point D

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beneficial trait

• gene flow

• genetic drift

• adaptation

• variation

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differences in a trait

• gene flow

• genetic drift

• adaptation

• variation

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