Name:_____________________Date:__________________________Period:__________

TREEDIAGRAMS
Whatisaspecies?

Aspeciesisagroupof___________thatcan
_______________andproduce_____________
offspring

STOPANDJOT

Aligerisformedwhenatigerandlionreproduce.Theadult
ligercannotproduceoffspring.

Istheligerconsideredanewspecies?Why?

_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

Whatisspeciation?

Speciationistheprocess____________________________

________________________________________________

Examples:______________________________________

______________________________________

Whatisanevolutionarytree? Anevolutionarytree(or_______________)shows3things:
1.Speciescommon______________

2.When_________________happened

3.Whennew_________evolved.

Howdoyoureadantree
diagram?

1.Linesrepresent________
2.Speciesalivetodayarelocatedatthe_______ofthelines
3.Apointswhereonelinesplitsintotworepresents
_______________
4.Wheretwolinesarestillconnectedrepresent___________
_______________
5._______areshownalongthelines.

STOPANDJOT

1. Towhichspeciesisthesquirrelmonkeymostclosely
related?

2. Whenwasthelastcommonancestorofallthespecies
inthediagramalive?

3. Whichtrait(s)doesthebaboonhave?

STOPANDJOT

4. Whatismorehighlyevolovedalemuroramonkey?

1. Whichspecieshavepowerfultailaccordingtothetree
diagram?

2. Whichspecieshavecompletelylosttheirhindlegs
accordingtothetreediagram?

3. Whichspeciesonthediagramismostcloselyrelatedto
dolphins?

Howdoyoumakeatree
diagram?

STOPANDJOT

1.Drawadiagonalline
2.Organismsthathavethe________traitsbranchofffirst
3.Organismswiththe_____traitsbranchofflast
4.Traitsthatlotsoforganismshaveevolved______
5.Traitsthatonlyafeworganismshaveevolved________
(DrawthetreediagramalongwithMs.ParsonsandMs.Sears)

Usetheinformationintheplasticsleeveonyourtabletodraw
anevolutionarytreediagram!(phylogeny).Completethisin
yoursciencenotebook.