1. Which of the following is not a feature of a cladogram?
A) nodes
B) derived characters
C) clades
D) taxons
2. What does a cladogram show?
A) how species evolved
B) how species are related through their taxa
C) how species are related through common habitats
D) how species are related to each other through common ancestors
3. What is true about two organisms that share the same common ancestor?
A) They have no common derived characters.
B) They are in the same clade.
C) They are not closely related.
D) They evolved at the same time.
4. What is true about the organisms that branch off after a hash mark on a cladogram?
A) They do not share any derived characters.
B) They do not share a common ancestor.
C) They share all derived characters below where they branch off.
D) They share the derived character represented by the hash mark.
5. What does a node represent on a cladogram?
A) the most recent common ancestor shared by a clade
B) the derived character that a clade shares
C) the intersection of two clades
D) the branch that separates two clades
A) nodes
B) derived characters
C) clades
D) taxons
2. What does a cladogram show?
A) how species evolved
B) how species are related through their taxa
C) how species are related through common habitats
D) how species are related to each other through common ancestors
3. What is true about two organisms that share the same common ancestor?
A) They have no common derived characters.
B) They are in the same clade.
C) They are not closely related.
D) They evolved at the same time.
4. What is true about the organisms that branch off after a hash mark on a cladogram?
A) They do not share any derived characters.
B) They do not share a common ancestor.
C) They share all derived characters below where they branch off.
D) They share the derived character represented by the hash mark.
5. What does a node represent on a cladogram?
A) the most recent common ancestor shared by a clade
B) the derived character that a clade shares
C) the intersection of two clades
D) the branch that separates two clades