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Phylogenetic Systematics

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Classifying organisms by their molecular structures is?

a)

Linnaean Classification

b)

Phylogenetic Systematics

c)

Molecular Classification

d)

Molecular Sorting

2.

Cladistic classification traces the ___________________ of organisms.

a)

evolutionary descent

b)

physical similarities

c)

naming conventions

d)

regions of origin

3.

A common ancestor of 2 species of organisms is

a)

the organism most closely related to a living organism

b)

the fossil organism most like a current organism

c)

The most recent ancestor they share

d)

the most frequent ancestor of organisms

4.

This group includes every descendant of an organism and excludes everything not a descendant of that organism.

a)

Clade

b)

Class

c)

Kingdom

d)

species

5.

The branch points of a cladogram represent _____ species evolving into ____

a)

1,5

b)

3,2

c)

1,2

d)

2,1

6.

A chart of evolutionary relationships is a...

a)

defining characteristic

b)

classification taxa

c)

evolutionary tracer

d)

cladogram

7.

A trait evolved by the last common ancestor of a particular lineage

a)

DNA analysis

b)

derived characteristics

c)

last common characteristic

d)

shared characteristics

8.

Why do we group snakes with reptiles when the reptile clade is defined as having limbs?

a)

snakes ancestors evolved legs then lost them

b)

other similarities mean we can make an exception

c)

snakes have more traits in common with reptiles than other groups

d)

despite the new evidence scientists kept snakes as reptiles

9.

The lowest point at which lines from two organisms on a cladogram meet is their ______________.

a)

derived characteristic

b)

phylogenetic systematic

c)

evolutionary touchpoint

d)

common ancestor

10.

A derived characteristic defines a _____________.

a)

clade

b)

character group

c)

class

d)

species

11.

A ______________ is a trait all organisms in a clade have.

a)

clade commonality

b)

derived characteristic

c)

domain

d)

Taxa

12.

The ________________ contains birds but the _____________ does not.

a)

class Reptilia, clade Reptilia

b)

clade Aves, class Aves

c)

clade Reptilia, class Reptilia

d)

clade Mammals, class Mammilia

13.

Cladograms reflect how closely two organisms __________ matches.

a)

RNA

b)

external characteristics

c)

DNA

d)

historic classification

14.

The more __________________ two animals share the __________ they are related.

a)

geographic proximity, more cdistantly

b)

behaviors, more closely

c)

derived characteristics, more distantly

d)

derived characteristics, more closely