Species Classification: Understanding the Concept
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What is a common term used to describe a diagram showing the relationships among many species and groups of organisms?

  • Cladogram (correct)
  • Phylogenetic tree of species
  • Phylogenetic diagram
  • Tree of life
  • Which scientist coined the term 'tree of life'?

  • Gregor Mendel
  • Ernst Haeckel (correct)
  • Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
  • Charles Darwin
  • What is the main purpose of assembling a comprehensive tree of life?

  • To understand the relationships among species and groups of organisms (correct)
  • To classify all living organisms
  • To study the evolution of species
  • To identify the most common species
  • What does each branch in the tree of life represent, according to Charles Darwin?

    <p>An ancestral group</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of Charles Darwin's book that introduced the concept of the tree of life?

    <p>The Origin of Species</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a tree of life diagram show?

    <p>A small part of the diversity of living organisms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is required to assemble a comprehensive tree of life?

    <p>A convergence of data from phylogenetic and molecular analysis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of lilies and conifers sharing three derived characters in common?

    <p>They share a more recent common ancestor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the trunk of the tree of life represent, according to Charles Darwin?

    <p>An ancestral group</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the biologist who created the 'Tree of Humanity' diagram?

    <p>Ernst Haeckel</p> Signup and view all the answers

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