Exploring Cladistics and Phylogeny

What is the term for a diagram that shows evolutionary relationships among organisms?

• Cladogram

• Node

• Trait

• Species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Which term refers to a group of organisms that includes an ancestor and all its descendants?

• Clade

• Node

• Trait

• Species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is the name for a characteristic that is inherited from a common ancestor?

• Derived character

• Node

• Cladogram

• Phylogeny

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Which term describes the evolutionary history of a group of organisms?

• Phylogeny

• Cladistics

• Node

• Trait

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is the basic unit of biological classification?

• Species

• Clade

• Node

• Trait

In a phylogenetic tree, what does a node represent?

• A common ancestor

• A derived character

• A trait

• A clade

Which term refers to a feature or characteristic of an organism?

• Trait

• Node

• Clade

• Cladogram

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is the method called that groups organisms based on shared derived characteristics?

• Cladistics

• Phylogeny

• Node

• Species

Which diagram is also known as a phylogenetic tree?

• Cladogram

• Node

• Trait

• Clade

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

What does a branch point (node) on a cladogram indicate?

• A common ancestor

• A derived character

• A trait

• A clade

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2