Use the Figure to Answer the Question

question 29

Multiple Choice

Use the figure to answer the question. Which of the following statements is correct according to the phylogeny in the figure?

• A) Chordata and Mollusca share a more recent common ancestor than Arthropoda and Nematoda
• B) Porifera evolved after Cnidaria
• C) Hemichordata and Echinodermata share a more recent common ancestor than Annelida and Nematoda
• D) Most animals belong to the Ecdysozoa clade

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Definitions:

Motor Skills

Skills involving the precise movement of muscles with the intent to perform a specific act, classified into fine motor skills and gross motor skills.

Understand The World

The capacity to grasp, comprehend, and interpret the nature, significance, or explanation of things around us.

Sucking Thumb

A natural reflex for babies and young children that serves as a mechanism for self-soothing and emotional regulation.

Sensorimotor Development

Piaget's first stage of cognitive development (from birth to about 2 years of age), where infants learn through interacting with their environment using their senses and motor actions.