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1. According to the phylogenetic tree, is phylum Echinodermata more closely related to phylum Chordata or phylum Arthropoda? Explain your answer.
2. According to the phylogenetic tree, is phylum Platyhelmenthes more closely related to phylum Ctenophora or phylum Chordata? Explain your answer.
3. Draw a large, filled in circle on the common ancestor to Angiosperms and Gymnosperms on the plant phylogenetic tree to the right.
4. Draw a large, filled-in triangle on the common ancestor to Whisk Ferns, Horsetails, and Ferns
5. According to the phylogenetic tree, what is more closely related to Whisk Ferns, Lycophytes or Redwoods? Explain your answer
6. Look at all of the plants in green (Early vascular plants, Lycophytes, Whisk ferns, Horsetails, and Ferns). Are they more closely related to each other than to the other plants on the phylogeny? Why or why not?