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Animal Cladogram Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is a major difference between echinoderms and chordates?

a)

Chordates are deuterostomes

b)

Echinoderms are deuterostomes

c)

Echinoderms are radially symmetric

d)

Chordates are asymmetric

2.

Is there any clade which includes only protostome animals (and not deuterostomes)?

a)

Yes - all protostomes form a clade

b)

No - all clades of protostomes also include deuterostomes

c)

No - all clades of deuterostomes also include protostomes

3.

What is one example of an analogous trait that appears on the cladogram (a trait that develops two or more separate times)?

a)

Asymmetry

b)

Diploblastic

c)

Triploblastic

d)

Radial symmetry

4.

What type of animal evolved before a 2nd tissue layer?

a)

Mammals, birds, & reptiles

b)

Jelly fish & coral

c)

Flatworms

d)

Sea sponges

5.

Are jelly fish and coral protostomes or deuterostomes?

a)

Protostomes

b)

Deuterostomes

c)

They are both

d)

They are neither

6.

Of the animals united by a unique larva, which phylum would be considered the outgroup?

a)

Platyhelminthes

b)

Mollusca

c)

Annelida

d)

None of these, because they share a clade

7.

Which trait is shared by all animals present?

a)

Bilaterally symmetric

b)

Two tissue layers 

c)

Multicellular 

d)

Being a deuterostome 

8.

Locate the common ancestor of jelly fish and mammals. Select ALL of the traits that ancestor had.

a)

Deuterostome

b)

Multicellular

c)

2 tissue layers

d)

Bilaterally symmetric

e)

Segmentation

9.

Which group is a closer relative of nematoda: cnidaria OR echinoderms? Explain your answer.

a)

Cnidaria - they are closer on the cladogram

b)

Echinoderms - they are in a clade that excludes Cnidaria

c)

Cnidaria- they are in a clade that excludes Echinoderms

d)

Echinoderms - they are closer on the cladogram

10.

Which common ancestor is oldest?


The ancestor of...

a)

Nematoda and Mollusca

b)

Mollusca and Annelida

c)

Annelida and Chordata

d)

Chordata and Echinodermata