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Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
According to this image, which two domains of life are most related?
Bacteria & Archaea
Archaea & Eukarya
Eukarya & Bacteria
Which of these animals does not have/produce an amniotic egg?
Turtle
Leopard
Lamprey
All three of these animals produce the amniotic egg
What is the name for the "trait" shown on these tree, such as "egg shells" and "four limbs"?
Derived characteristics
Trait nodes
Branching elements
Harmonious changes
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
The lizard has all these derived characteristics EXCEPT
Jaws
Lungs
Bipedal
An inherited characteristic that increases an organisms ability to survive and reproduce in its specific environment is called a(n)
vestigial structure
analogous structure
adaptation
You look at two species and see very similar DNA. What does this likely tell you?
These are the same animal.
These animals are not likely related.
These animals have a common ancestor.
Individuals that are well adapted to their environment will survive and produce _________
more offspring
better traits
stronger genes
What number is the common ancestor of C and D
1
2
4
Cladistic classification traces the ___________________ of organisms.
evolutionary descent
physical similarities
naming conventions
regions of origin
A derived characteristic defines a _____________.
clade
character group
class
species
Cladograms reflect how closely two organisms __________ matches.
RNA
external characteristics
DNA
historic classification
