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Unit 3 quiz 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The term phylogenetic / phylogeny is from

a)

Latin words

b)

Italian words

c)

two ancient greek words (phûlon), meaning "race, lineage", and (génesis), meaning "origin, source".

d)

two ancient Spanish words meaning destruction and development

2.

Study and organization of biological diversity

a)

Taxonomy

b)

Bioinformatics

c)

Systematics

d)

Extant

3.

Why do we need phylogenetic analysis?

a)

To pass time

b)

To predict of future

c)

To make others understand our mindset

4.

Identify the phylogenetic commercial app/website

a)

MEGA

b)

Clustal W

c)

Tree Puzzle

d)

PAUP

5.

Genetic change is calculated as

a)

Convergence time x Divergence time

b)

Evolutionary rate x Convergence time

c)

Evolutionary rate x Divergence time

d)

None of the above

6.

Identify the most common ancestor between you and your cousin

a)

Sister

b)

Brother

c)

Grandfather

d)

Great grandmother

7.

Amount of genetic difference between sequences is a function of time since separation

a)

Darwin theory

b)

Gene clock

c)

Biological clock

d)

Linnaeus hypothesis

8.

Phenetic method is

a)

Distance / morphological based

b)

Stress based

c)

character based

d)

food based

9.

Character based method is

a)

Phenetic

b)

Pseudo method

c)

Cladistic

d)

Neuronal

10.

choose the phenetic method

a)

MP

b)

ML

c)

UPGMA

d)

MSA