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- 1. Multiple Choice
Based on this phylogenetic tree, which statement is true?
Lesser pandas are more genetically similar to giant pandas than they are to raccoons
Brown bears are more genetically similar to giant pandas than they are to sun bears
Lesser pandas are more genetically similar to raccoons than they are to giant pandas
The bear species are all more genetically similar to dogs than they are to giant pandas
- 2. Multiple Choice
Who is the closest relative to the brown bear?
Giant panda
Dog
Lesser panda
Sun bear
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which is the most recent common ancestor for the giant panda and the raccoon?
A
B
C
None of these are correct
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich trait do only humans have, according to the cladogram?jawsmammary glands & hairterrestrial during all life stagesopposable thumbs
- 5. Multiple ChoiceYou look at two species and see very similar amino acid sequences. What does this likely tell you?These are the same animal.These animals have a common ancestor.These animals are not likely related.These animals are likely becoming one species.
- 6. Multiple Choice
According to this cladogram, sharks are MOST closely related to which organism?
Amphibians
Ray finned fish
Crocodiles
Birds
- 7. Multiple Choice
What number is the common ancestor of C and D
1
2
3
4
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is the common ancestor of Letters A, B, C, D, E?
1
2
3
4
- 9. Multiple Choice
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
- 10. Multiple Choice
According to this image, which two domains of life are most related?
Bacteria & Archaea
Archaea & Eukarya
Eukarya & Bacteria
- 11. Multiple ChoiceAn inheritable characteristic that gives a survival advantage to the organismspeciationadaptionrapid speciationderived character
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe term that is most appropriately associated with clade ismonophyleticpolyphyleticparaphyletic
- 13. Multiple ChoiceIf organisms A, B, and C belong to the same class but to different orders and if organisms D, E, and F belong to the same order but to different families, which of the following pairs of organisms would be expected to show the greatest degree of structural homology?A and BD and FB and DC and F
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these illustrates the correct representation of the binomial scientific name for the African lion?Panthera leoPanthera Leopanthera leoPanthera leo (all in italics)
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe correct sequence, from the most to the least comprehensive, of the taxonomic levels listed here is __.kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and specieskingdom, phylum, order, class, family, genus, and speciesphylum, kingdom, order, class, species, family, and genusphylum, family, class, order, kingdom, genus, and species
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe common housefly belongs to all of the following taxa. Assuming you had access to textbooks or other scientific literature, knowing which of the following should provide you with the most specific information about the common housefly?phylum Arthropodaorder Dipteragenus Muscaclass Hexapoda
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