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by BlastRoom
Read branching diagrams and character tables to find common ancestors, shared derived characters and the closest relatives.
#biology
20 questions
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Look at the cladogram. Which species shares its most recent common ancestor with the salamander?
Use the plant tree shown. Which pair of plants branches from the most recent shared node?
According to the tree shown, which species is the closest relative of the butterfly?
Look at the diagram. Which two species share the most recent common ancestor?
Trace the branches on the diagram. The most recent common ancestor of the jellyfish and the snail is also an ancestor of which other species shown?
Read the cladogram. Which species shown is the most distant relative of the mouse?
On this cladogram the shark, salamander and mouse all branch off above the node labeled Jaws, and the lamprey branches off below it. What does that label mean?
Look at the plant tree. Which derived character is shared by the pine and the sunflower but not by the fern?
Use the diagram. Which derived character marks the node shared by the grasshopper and the butterfly but not by the centipede?
On the diagram, which derived character is carried by the node directly below the kangaroo and the cat?
Look at the tree. Which derived character appeared in the ancestor that the jellyfish shares with the other animals but the sponge does not?
Use the table of shared characters. Which branching order do these data support?
Look at the character table. In the tree these data support, which species branches off earliest?
Read the table of shared characters. Which two species do these data place as the most closely related?
Use the table. Which statement about the branching order is supported by these data?
A student looks at the cladogram and says that because the mouse is drawn at the far right end, mice are more advanced than the other species shown. Why is this claim not supported?
A student says the tree shows that ferns evolved from mosses. Why do the data not support that?
A student uses this tree to state how many millions of years ago the spider lineage separated from the others. What is wrong with using the diagram this way?
Which claim about this diagram is NOT supported by it?
The sponge is drawn at one end of this tree. A student concludes that the sponge is the living ancestor of the other three species. Why is that conclusion wrong?
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