BIO 182 LAB QUIZ #1| WITH QUESTIONS
AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS|
VERIFIED BY EXPERT| 2025 NEW
UPDATE.
Taxonomy - ANSWER ✔✔ the identification, description, and naming of an organism
Classification - ANSWER ✔✔ placing that organism within hierarchal groups that show its
relationship to other organisms
Phylogenetics - ANSWER ✔✔ uses cladograms to illustrate the evolutionary history and
relationships of organisms
7 Taxonomic Groups - ANSWER ✔✔ Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Cladogram - ANSWER ✔✔ A tree diagram showing the evolutionary relationships among
organisms through time based on the Darwinian principle of common descent
Node - ANSWER ✔✔ Common ancestor
Ancestral Trait - ANSWER ✔✔ an "old" trait that evolved before the common ancestor of the
group being considered
Derived Trait - ANSWER ✔✔ a "new" trait that appeared for the 1st time in a group, thereby
helping to define that group (taxon)
Homologous Trait - ANSWER ✔✔ feature shared by two or more species that has been inherited
from a common ancestor
Analogous Trait - ANSWER ✔✔ feature shared by two or more species that serves a similar
function, but is not derived from a common ancestor
Example of Homologous Trait - ANSWER ✔✔ Bat wing, mouse forelimb, human arm
Example of Analogous Trait - ANSWER ✔✔ Bat wing, butterfly wing, bird wing
What traits unify all algae? - ANSWER ✔✔ Eukaryotic, biologically primitive, cell walls,
reproduce sexually and asexually, offspring dispersed via spores in water, and haploid dominant
life cycle (most)
AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS|
VERIFIED BY EXPERT| 2025 NEW
UPDATE.
Taxonomy - ANSWER ✔✔ the identification, description, and naming of an organism
Classification - ANSWER ✔✔ placing that organism within hierarchal groups that show its
relationship to other organisms
Phylogenetics - ANSWER ✔✔ uses cladograms to illustrate the evolutionary history and
relationships of organisms
7 Taxonomic Groups - ANSWER ✔✔ Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Cladogram - ANSWER ✔✔ A tree diagram showing the evolutionary relationships among
organisms through time based on the Darwinian principle of common descent
Node - ANSWER ✔✔ Common ancestor
Ancestral Trait - ANSWER ✔✔ an "old" trait that evolved before the common ancestor of the
group being considered
Derived Trait - ANSWER ✔✔ a "new" trait that appeared for the 1st time in a group, thereby
helping to define that group (taxon)
Homologous Trait - ANSWER ✔✔ feature shared by two or more species that has been inherited
from a common ancestor
Analogous Trait - ANSWER ✔✔ feature shared by two or more species that serves a similar
function, but is not derived from a common ancestor
Example of Homologous Trait - ANSWER ✔✔ Bat wing, mouse forelimb, human arm
Example of Analogous Trait - ANSWER ✔✔ Bat wing, butterfly wing, bird wing
What traits unify all algae? - ANSWER ✔✔ Eukaryotic, biologically primitive, cell walls,
reproduce sexually and asexually, offspring dispersed via spores in water, and haploid dominant
life cycle (most)
