Biology - Classification - Classwork

Last updated 8 months ago

44 questions

Section 1 - Classification

Section 2 - Kingdoms continued

Section 3 - Cladograms

Section 4 - What Did tRex Taste Like?

Biology - Classification - Classwork

Last updated 8 months ago

44 questions

Section 1 - Classification

Section 2 - Kingdoms continued

Use the information in these articles to answer the questions below

Section 3 - Cladograms

Section 4 - What Did tRex Taste Like?

Click the link below and follow the steps to navigate the site and answer the questions below.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/Trex/index.html

Folder 1:
What is a common ancestor?

Folder 2:
Label: shared history, distinct history and common ancestor

Folder 3:
What is a cladogram?

Label each characteristic.

BEFORE YOU START Folder 4
Based on your own prior knowledge of traits of these animals, if you could go back in time and have a T. rex for dinner, what would it taste like? Chicken, fish, steak or alligator? Why? (Hint: Base your guess on which you think is most closely related to T. rex!)

Biology - Classification - Classwork

Biology - Classification - Classwork

Folder 1:
What is a common ancestor?

Folder 2:
Label: shared history, distinct history and common ancestor

Folder 3:
What is a cladogram?

Label each characteristic.

BEFORE YOU START Folder 4
Based on your own prior knowledge of traits of these animals, if you could go back in time and have a T. rex for dinner, what would it taste like? Chicken, fish, steak or alligator? Why? (Hint: Base your guess on which you think is most closely related to T. rex!)

Folder 4:
When making a character table, what do the following mean? + 0 -

Fill in the table as you go

Write a description of the cladogram so a non-biologist can understand it.

Do you accept or reject your hypothesis? Support your answer with data.

Discuss some of the difficulties with creating cladograms and explain what other types of data might be helpful to be able to make these diagrams.

Folder 5:
If you have additional time, use the Internet to find the answer to 2-3 questions in Folder 5.

Folder 1:
What is a common ancestor?

Folder 2:
Label: shared history, distinct history and common ancestor

Folder 3:
What is a cladogram?

Label each characteristic.

BEFORE YOU START Folder 4
Based on your own prior knowledge of traits of these animals, if you could go back in time and have a T. rex for dinner, what would it taste like? Chicken, fish, steak or alligator? Why? (Hint: Base your guess on which you think is most closely related to T. rex!)

Folder 4:
When making a character table, what do the following mean? + 0 -

Fill in the table as you go

Write a description of the cladogram so a non-biologist can understand it.

Do you accept or reject your hypothesis? Support your answer with data.

Discuss some of the difficulties with creating cladograms and explain what other types of data might be helpful to be able to make these diagrams.

Folder 5:
If you have additional time, use the Internet to find the answer to 2-3 questions in Folder 5.

Biology - Classification - Classwork

Biology - Classification - Classwork

Folder 1:What is a common ancestor?

Folder 2:Label: shared history, distinct history and common ancestor

Folder 3:What is a cladogram?

Label each characteristic.

BEFORE YOU START Folder 4Based on your own prior knowledge of traits of these animals, if you could go back in time and have a T. rex for dinner, what would it taste like? Chicken, fish, steak or alligator? Why? (Hint: Base your guess on which you think is most closely related to T. rex!)

Folder 4:When making a character table, what do the following mean? + 0 -

Fill in the table as you go

Write a description of the cladogram so a non-biologist can understand it.

Do you accept or reject your hypothesis? Support your answer with data.

Discuss some of the difficulties with creating cladograms and explain what other types of data might be helpful to be able to make these diagrams.

Folder 5:If you have additional time, use the Internet to find the answer to 2-3 questions in Folder 5.

Folder 1:What is a common ancestor?

Folder 2:Label: shared history, distinct history and common ancestor

Folder 3:What is a cladogram?

Label each characteristic.

BEFORE YOU START Folder 4Based on your own prior knowledge of traits of these animals, if you could go back in time and have a T. rex for dinner, what would it taste like? Chicken, fish, steak or alligator? Why? (Hint: Base your guess on which you think is most closely related to T. rex!)

Folder 4:When making a character table, what do the following mean? + 0 -

Fill in the table as you go

Write a description of the cladogram so a non-biologist can understand it.

Do you accept or reject your hypothesis? Support your answer with data.

Discuss some of the difficulties with creating cladograms and explain what other types of data might be helpful to be able to make these diagrams.

Folder 5:If you have additional time, use the Internet to find the answer to 2-3 questions in Folder 5.

Folder 1:
What is a common ancestor?

Folder 2:
Label: shared history, distinct history and common ancestor

Folder 3:
What is a cladogram?

BEFORE YOU START Folder 4
Based on your own prior knowledge of traits of these animals, if you could go back in time and have a T. rex for dinner, what would it taste like? Chicken, fish, steak or alligator? Why? (Hint: Base your guess on which you think is most closely related to T. rex!)

Folder 4:
When making a character table, what do the following mean? + 0 -

Folder 5:
If you have additional time, use the Internet to find the answer to 2-3 questions in Folder 5.

Folder 1:
What is a common ancestor?

Folder 2:
Label: shared history, distinct history and common ancestor

Folder 3:
What is a cladogram?

BEFORE YOU START Folder 4
Based on your own prior knowledge of traits of these animals, if you could go back in time and have a T. rex for dinner, what would it taste like? Chicken, fish, steak or alligator? Why? (Hint: Base your guess on which you think is most closely related to T. rex!)

Folder 4:
When making a character table, what do the following mean? + 0 -

Folder 5:
If you have additional time, use the Internet to find the answer to 2-3 questions in Folder 5.