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Thinking Questions:
1. How did Linnaeus classify organisms? How were organisms grouped?
2. What is a clade?
3. The reptile clade includes birds. What does this show about birds and reptiles?
4. How do scientists know which of many possible cladograms is the “right” one?
5. Looking at the cladogram picture below, which organism is a turtle most closely related to: lizards
and snakes or crocodiles? How do you know?
What I learned from this reading is …
Part 3: Part B: Guided Notes Cladograms 6 min
1. Watch the Cladograms Guided Notes Video and answer the questions in
your packet
7. Which organisms are more closely related, bears and lizards or bears and newts? How do you know?
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Part 4: Part C: How to build a cladogram 10 min
1. Watch the How to build a cladogram
2. Identify shared derived characteristics, and fill in the table in your packet
3. Complete the rest of the packet
Tail
Spikes
Horns
Wings
4 limbs
(arms/legs)
4. Continue watching the video and complete the rest of the packet
Directions: Watch the video Cladogram Video and answer the questions in your
notebook.
1. What is a cladogram?
2. What is an outgroup?