Cladogram

Cladogram

9th Grade

25 Qs

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Cladogram

Cladogram

Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS4-2, MS-LS4-1, MS-LS4-3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Where is the alligator and T. rex's common ancestor?

Point A

Point B

Point C

Point D

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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All the animals to the right of the hagfish would have the common characteristic of -

Fur

Claws or nails

Lungs

Jaws

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the purpose of a cladogram?

To map the ancestral relationships and shared traits of different organisms.

To trace the inherited traits of a single species over time.

To check the likelihood of an offspring having a particular trait.

To monitor mutations that arise among different populations.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Using the cladogram, which two organisms are more closely related Lizards and Newts OR Lamreys and Sharks

Newts and Lizards

Lampreys and Sharks

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How can a cladogram be used to show how closely related two organisms are?

The further apart two organisms are on a cladogram the more they have in common.

If two organisms are next to each other on a cladogram then they must be the same species.

All organisms share a common ancestor.

You can use a cladogram to see how many traits two organisms have in common. The more in common, the more closely related they are.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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According to this cladogram, sharks are MOST closely related to which organism?

Amphibians

Ray-Finned Fish

Primates

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

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

Fur

Claws or nails

Lungs

Jaws

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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