● brewer’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) ● E. coli bacteria (Escherichia coli)

● green hydra (Hydra viridissima)

● house cat (Felis catus)

Information about the four organisms can be found on the Internet. Use credible websites to find answers to the questions you developed in part A. Based on this data, draw your own dichotomous key. Enter the labels for each box and letter in the table below.

Cladistics is a way of classifying organisms by examining the characteristics of their ancestors and descendants and depicting the relationships in a cladogram. which of the following best describes a challenge in classifying organisms this way? a. there are millions of species on earth, and a cladogram is not a practical means for classifying all of them. b. it is impossible to tell which organisms are most closely related to each other using a cladogram. c. cladograms are detail-oriented and do not provide a useful understanding of evolutionary relationships. d. there is a limited number of ways to organize the information, so most cladograms end up looking very similar.

The double bond between a carbon atom and two oxygen atoms (a molecule of carbon dioxide) has two characteristics. what are they? a.an ionic bond is formed between the oxygen and carbon atoms. b.four valence electrons are shared. c.two valence electrons are shared. d.valence electrons are shared between oxygen atoms.

Which statement about relative potential energy of electrons is correct? a. an electron in the 2 p orbital of the second electron shell has more potential energy than an electron in the 2 s orbital of the second electron shell. b. an electron in the 2 p orbital of the second electron shell has more potential energy than an electron in the 3 p orbital of the third electron shell. c. an electron in the 3 p orbital of the third electron shell has more potential energy than an electron in the 2 p orbital of the second electron shell.