Question

7. 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.

Answer 1

D. There is a limited number of ways to organize the information, so most cladograms end up looking very similar.

Answer 2

@Loser66 could you help me please?

Answer 3

I think it is either A or D @Loser66

Answer 4

To me, it is B because it does not show how ancestors are related to descendants or how much they have changed; many evolutionary trees can be inferred from a single cladogram

Answer 5

That is the limit of cladogram.

Answer 6

What do you think about C? @Loser66

Answer 7

All of the options are correct. The problem comes from the question. It says: Cladistics is a way of examining the characteristics of their ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS.......
the question : What is the best CHALLENGE in classifying organism that way
if using cladistics, that is using cladogram, we need some limit of this method in classifying ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS relationship, right?

Answer 8

That is why I choose B, it is talking about how cladogram is not good enough for classifying the relationship between ancestors and descendants

Answer 9

Ok, i'll go with B, thanks for your explanation!

Answer 10

just think so, I am not 100% sure about my thinking. If you want to come up with other, give out the logic to back it up. If you think your logic is good enough, pick it. :)