Dichotomous keys activity

Part 1

  1. Scotch pine

  2. Pitch pine

  3. Austrian pine

  4. Jack pine

  5. White pine

Part 2

  1. Dog

  2. Dandelion

  1. House Sparrow

  1. Narwal

  1. Ponderosa pine

  1. Balantidium

  1. King cobra

  1. Stentor

Part 3

  1. Peacock flounder

  2. Spotted goat gish

  1. Glassy snapper

  1. Squirrel fish

  1. Stingray

  1. Band-tail puffer

  1. Moray eel

  1. Glass-eye snapper

  1. Trumpet fish

Part 4

Appendages chart

Fins

Wings,2 legs

Forelegs

Hindlegs

Horns

Tortoise

X

X

Dodo

X

X

Fish (North America)

X

Wolf

X

X

Pigeon

X

Elk

X

X

X

Snake

Frog

X

X

Bison

X

X

X

Fish (New Zealand)

X

1.a. Organism has horns…go to 2

b. Organism is a fish…go to 3

2.a. Organism has two big antlers … Elk

b. Organism has two short horns…Bison

3.a. Organism has a V-shaped tail… Fish in New Zealand

b. Fish does not have a V-shaped tail…Fish in North America

4.a. Organism can fly…go to 5

b. Organism has no legs…Snake

5.a. Organism has lots of feathers and a black-tipped beak…Dodo

b. Organism is slender and has a small beak…Pigeon

6.a. Organism is a land animal… go to 7

b. Organism has spots…Frog

7.a. Organism has fur…Wolf

b. Organism has a shell…Tortoise 

Questions

  1. The snake is a reptile.

  2. Amphibians have smooth, moist skin, and reptiles have flaky skin.

  3. The elk, wolf, bison, and dodo bird.

  4. The dodo bird and the pigeon.