Phylogenetic Trees

This diagram showing evolutionary relationships between species connected by a common ancestor is called ____.

• Genetic Line

• Phylogenetic Tree

• Photographic Queue

• Future Babies

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NGSS.MS-LS4-3

On the cladogram, which organism is the closest relative of the parrot?

• Frog

• Hare

• Caiman

• Parrot

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

All the animals to the right of the salamander would have the common characteristic of...

• Fur

• Claws or nails

• Lungs

• Jaws

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
• Because they come from dominant alleles.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.
• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

According to the cladogram, which organism is most distantly related to the human?

• crayfish

• grasshopper

• perch

• frog

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

In a phylogenetic tree, the branching points represent common ancestors.

• Yes

• NO

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which group of animals on this tree are most closely related to birds?

• Saurischian dinosaurs

• Ornithischian dinosaurs

• Crocodiles

• None of these are related to birds

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Where do all organisms originate from?

• From the sky
• From the ground
• From a common ancestor

• From water

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

According to this phylogenetic tree, which creature is the least related out of all pictured?

• Fish

• Frog

• Salamander

• Human

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

According to this image, which two domains of life are most related?

• Bacteria & Archaea

• Archaea & Eukarya

• Eukarya & Bacteria

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1