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The document is a cladogram worksheet that instructs students to: 1. Fill out a table with traits of different organisms and mark which traits they have. 2. Add organisms like worm, spider, ant, and fly to a sample cladogram. 3. Explain in complete sentences why each organism was placed where it was on the cladogram. It then asks students questions about the relationships and traits of organisms on the cladogram.

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Cladogram Worksheet3

The document is a cladogram worksheet that instructs students to: 1. Fill out a table with traits of different organisms and mark which traits they have. 2. Add organisms like worm, spider, ant, and fly to a sample cladogram. 3. Explain in complete sentences why each organism was placed where it was on the cladogram. It then asks students questions about the relationships and traits of organisms on the cladogram.

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Cladogram Worksheet Name: ________________________ Period: _______________

1. Fill in the following table. Mark an “X” if an organism has the trait.
cells legs 6 legs wings

Worm

Spider

Carpenter Ant (black)

Fly

2. Add each of these organisms to the cladogram below: worm, spider, ant, fly

3. USING complete sentences, explain why you put each organism where you did on the
cladogram.

4. On the

cladogram above, add traits that make the organisms different from each other.
5. According to your cladogram, which two species are more closely related: worms and
spiders or worms and ants? How do you know?

6. According to your cladogram, what species are flies most closely related to? How do you
know?
7.What trait separates amphibians from primates on this cladogram?
__________________________________

8.What separates rabbits and primates from crocodiles on this cladogram?__________________________

9.Which organism is most related to the bird on this cladogram?

____________________________________ 10. What 5 traits do these two organisms share?

__________________

11.Which organism will have DNA most similar to the bird?


_____________________________________ 12.Which organsism’s DNA will differ the most from the

bird?

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