Dichotomous Keys
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Erin Hannan
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Dichotomous Keys
Year 7
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What is a dichotomous key?
A diagram or text that helps us identify an organism after we identify its characteristics.
It's another way of helping us organise and classify living things.
We generally see them as either branching or tabular.
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Multiple Choice
What would the scientific name of this animal be?
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Multiple Choice
What would the scientific name of this animal be?
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Multiple Choice
What would the scientific name of this animal be?
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Tabular Keys
Tabular dichotomous keys display the same information as a branching key, but often are used for large groups of organisms - as it takes up less space
It makes them a bit tricky to construct, but easy enough to read
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Multiple Choice
What would the scientific name of this animal be?
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Open Ended
What would be another characteristic you could include INSTEAD of shell or no shell?
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