AP Biology Phylogenetic Trees

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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What separates rodents and primates from crocodiles on this cladogram?

• Bony Skeleton

• Vertebrae

• Eggs with shells and hair

• Four Limbs

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Which organism's DNA will differ the most from the bird?

• Rodents

• Raufinned fish

• Sharks

• Amphibians

Who is most closely related to Taxidea taxus?

• Lutra lutra

• Panthera pardus

• Canis latrans

• Canis lupus

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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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Two organisms that are closely related would have

• very similar DNA sequence

• exactly the same DNA sequences

• no proteins in common

• completely different DNA sequence

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

• crayfish

• grasshopper

• perch

• frog

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Each node on a cladogram represents...

• the last point at which two groups shared a common ancestor.

• the point at which one or more species became extinct.

• the most recent point at which a trait was lost in a certain clade.

• the point at which two clades joined and became monophyletic.

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Which of the following traits do the salamander and the lizard share?

• Jaws only

• Jaws and Lungs

• Claws or nails

• Jaws, Lungs, and Claws or nails

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The phylogenetic tree was constructed using derived traits of organisms A, B, C, D, and E. Based on the tree, which two organisms share the most derived traits?

• C and D because they share one common branch.

• C and D because they are closest to the end of the tree next to each other.

• A and B because they share the most branch points.

• A and B because they are the pair closest to the center.

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