Mary's Baby Was Born with a Smaller Than Normal Head,some

question 1

Multiple Choice

Mary's baby was born with a smaller than normal head,some facial malformations,and is mentally retarded.Mary most likely __________ during her early pregnancy.

• A)ate fish with mercury in it
• B)drank too much caffeine
• C)drank alcohol
• D)smoked marijuana

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Definitions:

Monophyletic

Pertaining to a group of organisms that consists of all the descendants of a common ancestor.

Polyphyletic

A term describing a group of organisms that are classified together but do not share a recent common ancestor.

Homoplastic

Exhibiting similarity in appearance due to convergent evolution rather than ancestry.

R. H. Whittaker

An American ecologist famous for proposing the five kingdom classification of organisms in 1969.