5.5 Crossword Puzzle

4. ______ are grouped together based on the presence of shared derived characters
5. Branching tree depicting evolutionary relationships among organisms
6. An evolutionary grouping consisting of an ancestor and and all of its descendants
7. Species that are related to the ingroup, but less closely related than those in the ingroup are to each other
8. A form of classification that groups organisms based on common ancestry or evolutionary relationships
12. ________ characters are characters that have a similar appearance or function but have evolved independently from one another
15. Character common to both ancestor and descendant
16. Variations in each character among animals are known as character ______

1. The different traits organisms could possess
2. _________ characters are characters derived from a common ancestor
3. Cladistic methods are used to create a _______ of evolutionary relationships
9. Independent evolution of similar structures in distantly related organisms is known as ________ evolution
10. The group of organisms where we want to determine relationships
11. Characters that are shared by two organisms may be indicative of close _______ relationships
13. Branching point where one group gives rise to one or more new groups
14. A character that has changed since the primitive condition