Science Assessment ~ Items ~ CA014003

The table below shows the presence or absence of traits in seven different species.

Based only on the traits presented in the table, which organism is probably most distantly related to gorillas?

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Group	Correct	Total	Percent
Overall	272	559	49%
Grades
6–8	10	23	43%
9–12	245	499	49%
Gender
Male	106	221	48%
Female	148	300	49%
Primary Language
English	253	516	49%
Other	5	13	38%

Group	Correct	Total	Percent
Overall	115	281	41%
Grades
6–8	11	18	61%
9–12	91	229	40%
Gender
Male	43	109	39%
Female	58	135	43%
Primary Language
English	103	243	42%
Other	1	9	11%

Group	Correct	Total	Percent
Overall	126	305	41%
Grades
6–8	1	3	33%
9–12	119	280	43%
Gender
Male	59	139	42%
Female	64	150	43%
Primary Language
English	118	276	43%
Other	2	8	25%

Disciplinary Core Ideas: LS4.A Anatomical similarities and differences between various organisms living today and between them and organisms in the fossil record, enable the reconstruction of evolutionary history and the inference of lines of evolutionary descent.

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