1. Features in two different groups of organisms that are sharedbecause they were inherited from a common ancestor are examples of:(One word. Case does not matter, but you must spell it exactlycorrect.) ____________
2. A phylogeny is:
A. A diagram showing the relationship between groups oforganisms
B. A list of the evolutionary innovations possessed by a singlegroup of organisms
C. A diagram of all the known ancestors in the fossil record for asingle species living today
D. A unit of time used in geology
3.
Homoplasy refers to:
A. The tendency of closely related organisms to interbreed witheach other
B. Features that ancestors had that were later lost by theirdescendants
C. Features in different groups of organisms that are not inheritedfrom a common ancestor
D. Features that appear only in a single group of organisms
4.
Archaeopteryx lithographica and Tiktaalikroseae are examples of:
A. Fossils that show early forms of multicellular life in thePrecambrian
B. Transitional fossils that document the origin of evolutionaryinnovations
C. Index fossils that are used to identify the age of rocks
D. Living species that retain primitive characteristics
1. Features in two different groups of organisms that are sharedbecause they were inherited from a common ancestor are examples of:(One word. Case does not matter, but you must spell it exactlycorrect.) ____________
2. A phylogeny is:
| A. | A diagram showing the relationship between groups oforganisms | |
| B. | A list of the evolutionary innovations possessed by a singlegroup of organisms | |
| C. | A diagram of all the known ancestors in the fossil record for asingle species living today | |
| D. | A unit of time used in geology |
3.
Homoplasy refers to:
| A. | The tendency of closely related organisms to interbreed witheach other | |
| B. | Features that ancestors had that were later lost by theirdescendants | |
| C. | Features in different groups of organisms that are not inheritedfrom a common ancestor | |
| D. | Features that appear only in a single group of organisms |
4.
Archaeopteryx lithographica and Tiktaalikroseae are examples of:
| A. | Fossils that show early forms of multicellular life in thePrecambrian | |
| B. | Transitional fossils that document the origin of evolutionaryinnovations | |
| C. | Index fossils that are used to identify the age of rocks | |
| D. | Living species that retain primitive characteristics |
