Phylogenetic Relationships.

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Welcome to the Phylogenetic Relationships quiz! Test your knowledge about the evolutionary connections among species and the concepts that underpin classification in biology.

You'll encounter questions about:

Species classification
Phylogenetic trees
Taxonomy principles
Evolutionary processes

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What is the name of the order that humans are classified as?

Primates

Plantae

Reptilila

Sapiens

What is the name of the process in which new species are created?

Taxonomy

Macroevolution

Speciation

Microevolution

What is Phylogeny?

A conceptual bridge

Evolutionary history of species

A change in allele frequencies

Discipline of classifying species

How can you tell if two species are closely related?

They look similar

The farther away they are on the phylogenetic tree

They are in the same domain

The closer they are on the phylogenetic tree

What is Taxonomy?

Common ancestor

A broad pattern

Discipline of classifying species

Allele frequencies

What is the phylogenetic tree sometimes referred to as

Tree of life

Carnivora

Genus

Macroevolution

What does a Phylogenetic Tree do?

Produces a new organism

Looks at changes in the allele frequencies

A bridge between microevolution and macroevolution

Tell us how related different species are to each

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