Name:_______________________________ Section:___________

Alternative Assessment 3
Cladograms

1. Fill out the character table below based on the cladogram on the right.
(Place 1 to indicate presence and 0 to indicate absence)

Lancelet Lamprey Bass Frog Turtle Leopard

Backbone
Hinged jaws
Four limbs
Amnion
Hair

a. Which animals have the most similarities?

b. Which animals have the least similarities?

c. On the cladogram, draw a box containing all animals with four limbs and their common ancestor.

2. Based on the character table below, draw a cladogram featuring the eight animals and their features.
Additionally, a) box a paraphyletic group, and b) encircle a polyphyletic group. (X denotes presence)

Sponge Jellyfish Flatworm Earthworm Octopus Bee Chicken Sea Cucumber

Cells with flagella X X X X X X X X
True tissues X X X X X X X
Bilateral symmetry X X X X X X
Mesoderm X X X X X
Protostome X X X
Deuterostome X X
Segmented body X X
Chitinous
X
exoskeleton
Vertebrae X

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Name:_______________________________ Section:___________

3. You are given these six beetles:

a. Finish the character table below based on the beetles above:

Color of
Body Antennae Jaws Presence of
Color Head Color Spots
Shape Present? Visible? spots?

A Oval Yellow Yes

B Yellow Black Black
C Circle Orange Yes
D Pink White No None
E Pink Yes No
F Orange No White

b. Compare the beetles with each other and record the number of differences B C D E F
between each pair on the table on the right. Comparisons for specimen A
A 1 3 5 7 4
has been done for you.
B

C
c. Which pair/s have the most similarities? D
E

d. Create the tree by first joining the branches of the most similar pairs. Then find the next most similar pairs
and join them together and so on until you have connected all six branches together.

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