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Biology Ev11 Quiz Phylogeny and Cladistics

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

________________ is the evolutionary history of a group of related organisms.

a)

Phylogeny

b)

Cladistics

c)

Ecology

d)

Physiolgy

2.

The evolutionary history of a group of related organisms can be represented by this.

a)

food web

b)

phylogenetic tree

c)

cladistic narrative

d)

phylogeny graph

3.

This is a group of organisms that includes an ancestor and all of its descendants

a)

genome

b)

evolution

c)

clade

d)

species

4.

This is a method of comparing traits in related species to determine ancestor-descendant relationships.

a)

cladistics

b)

pneumonics

c)

phylogeny

d)

evolutionary analysis

5.

Which of these is a clade?

a)

blue

b)

green

c)

all of these are clades

d)

red

6.

This phylogenetic tree shows that all these organisms are metazoa(animals)

a)

true

b)

false

7.

Which tetrapod is least related to all others?

a)

dog

b)

platypus

c)

tammar wallaby

d)

armadillo

8.

Which animal was the earliest to evolve?

a)

coelacanth

b)

dog

c)

turkey

d)

human

9.

How many animals on this cladogram have lungs?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

5

d)

7

10.

How many animals on this cladogram have radial symmetry?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

6

d)

9