What Did T-Rex Taste Like?

PERIOD____ DATE________NAME_____Peter ____________________

Answer the questions as you go through the website.

Differentiate among Achaea, Bacteria, and Eukaryota. Also, explain which two are more closely related.

Eukaryota- (animals, plants,fungi, protists)

archaea- single celled org.'s that live in highly alkaline, salty, or acidic waters.

Bacteria- single celled org.'s found all the way in the deep layers of the earth, as well as on your eyelashes

archaea and bacteria are the most alike.

How does a genealogy compare to a phylogenic tree?

By looking at the phylogenic tree we can see that all organism have one, singular common ancestor in our genealogy.

How does a genealogy contrast with a phylogenic tree?

It contrasts with the tree because genealogy will usually be referring to one species like in humans when we talk about genetics that have traveled throughout just humans.

The phylogenic tree including the caiman and the parrot demonstrates what three facts about this pair of animals?

It shows they come from roughly the same line of the gene tree

show that parrots descended from reptiles like caimans

show that both are a speciation of their original ancestral counterparts

What is the function of cladograms?

Cladograms are made to show the similaarties between animals and to show which specific traits they have in common, thus; possibly showing their genetic connections.

What does letter A on the vertebrate cladogram indicate?

It represents the vertabrae characteristic

What is a tetrapod?

Four legged organisms

What is the function of an amniotic sac?

It is where the fetus develops and where it receives its nutrients

- Which animals in this cladogram are diapsids? The parrot and crocodile

What trait would distinguish the frog from its relatives to its right?

It is a tetrapod,yet not an amniote

What feature did birds and crocodiles inherit from...