Molecular Phylogeny

Places on a phylogenetic tree where organisms share a common ancestor are called...

• Nodes

• Branches

• Taxa

• Species

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

What modern method of study can trace the evolutionary relatedness of organisms by comparing the nucleotide sequences on DNA?

• phylogeny

• molecular clocks

• cladograms

• classification

What is the main aim of the study of systematics?

• to calculate how many organisms there are on Earth

• to understand the evolutionary relationship of biological organisms

• to create a naming system for biological organisms

• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Based on the data given in the table, which two are most closely related?

• Human & Gorilla

• Gorilla & Orangutan

• Human & Chimpanzee

• Chimpanzee & Orangutan

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

Which evidence would be the most accurate when developing a cladogram?

• morphological

• molecular

• ecological

• fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Based on the figure, which organism is most closely related to A. forsteri?

• E. ferus

• D. polylepis

• G. gallus

• E. africanus

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

Based on the figure, which organism would be considered the outgroup?

• E. ferus

• D. polylepis

• G. gallus

• E. africanus

• A. forsteri

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Based on the figure, which organism is most closely related to E. africanus?

• E. ferus

• D. polylepis

• G. gallus

• E. africanus

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

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

• Phylogeny

• Cladistics

• Ecology

• Physiolgy

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Based on the given cladogram, which organism is the outgroup?

• human

• chimpanzee

• gorilla

• orangutan

• gibbon

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1