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    1. A dichotomous key is a tool that allows users to identify organisms based on their distinguishing characteristics. 2. Dichotomous means "divided into two parts", and dichotomous keys provide two choices at each step, often opposites, to narrow down the identity. 3. To use a dichotomous key, the user chooses which of the two choices best matches the organism, then follows the directions to the next step until reaching the organism's name.

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    1. A dichotomous key is a tool that allows users to identify organisms based on their distinguishing characteristics. 2. Dichotomous means "divided into two parts", and dichotomous keys provide two choices at each step, often opposites, to narrow down the identity. 3. To use a dichotomous key, the user chooses which of the two choices best matches the organism, then follows the directions to the next step until reaching the organism's name.

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    1. A dichotomous key is a tool that allows users to identify organisms based on their distinguishing characteristics. 2. Dichotomous means "divided into two parts", and dichotomous keys provide two choices at each step, often opposites, to narrow down the identity. 3. To use a dichotomous key, the user chooses which of the two choices best matches the organism, then follows the directions to the next step until reaching the organism's name.

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    Dichotomous Keys
    How is life organized?
    Life is organized at all
    levels from cells to
    biosphere
    SB3. b All Organisms and systems are
    organized from simple parts into complex
    systems that must maintain homeostasis in
    order to survive.
    But what if we find things
    we don't know and we want
    to know what they are?
    What’s my name !?

    We use something’s
    characteristics in a
    similar way using…
    Dichotomous Keys
     A dichotomous key is a tool that allows
    the user to determine the identity of items
    in the natural world based on the items
    characteristics

     "Dichotomous" means
    “divided into two parts” Greek origin

     dichotomous keys always give two distinct


    choices in each step, often they are opposites
    Black/white; good/evil; pointed/rounded
    How to use a dichotomous key?

    HA! HA!
    Dichotomous
    Keys
    How to use a Dichotomous Key?
    Here are creatures we don’t know!

    Lets choose one


    How to use a Dichotomous Key?

    Choose only one creature at a time.


    How to use a Dichotomous Key?

    Read steps 1a and 1b

    Decide which statement is true

    1b is true
    How to use a Dichotomous Key?
    Then follow the directions after that step.
    How to use a Dichotomous Key?
    At choice 5, you make another dichotomous choice

    5a is true
    How to use a Dichotomous Key?
    Keep going until you come to a step
    that gives you the creature’s name.
    6 a. The creature has one antennae Go to Step 7.
    How to use a Dichotomous Key?
    Choose a new creature and start at step 1a and 1b
    again. Continue until you find the creature’s name.

    Where do you start Again?


    Then, find the names of all the
    creatures
    1. a. wings covered by an exoskeleton – go to step 2
    b. wings freely observed – Go to step 3

    2. a. body has a round shape ……….ladybug, a red beetle with


    black spots
    b. body has an elongated shape ……….grasshopper, a green
    insect that hops

    3. a. wings point out from the side of the body ……….dragonfly,


    an insect that is 10- 15 cm long and lives in marshes
    b. wings point to the posterior of the body ……….housefly, a
    flying insect with red eyes and an annoying buzz
    What if I needed to make a
    key:
    - Use constant characteristics rather than variable ones.
    (Flowers change with the seasons)
    - Use measurements rather than terms like "large" and
    "small".
    - Make the choice a positive one
    - something "is" instead of "is not".
    - Ex: snake ears are internal only

    - If possible, start both choices of a pair with the same


    word or item.
    - the body is “round” vs the body is “square”

    - Finish the dichotomous key with a full description of the


    organism
    Dichotomous key
    Another Example of a dichotomous key…
    1 With flower. Angiosperms
    Without flower Go to 2
    2 Seedless. Go to 3
    Seed bearing Gymnosperms
    3 Plant body do not differentiated into root, Go to 4
    stem and leaves.
    Plant body differentiated into root, stem and Go to 5
    leaves
    4 Without photosynthetic pigment. Algae
    With chlorophyll or other photosynthetic Fungi
    pigment
    5 No vascular tissues. Mosses
    With vascular tissues Fern
    Dichotomous key
     the dichotomous key can also be expressed in a diagram form

    Pla nts

    With flo we r With o ut flo we r

    Flo we ring Pla nts


    (Ang io sp e rm ) No n-flo we ring p la nts

    Se e d le ss Se e d -b e a ring

    Pla nt b o d y no t Pla nt b o d y
    d iffe re ntia te d into d iffe re ntia te d
    ro o t, ste m a nd into ste m a nd
    le a ve s le a ve s

    With c hlo ro p hyll o r


    With o ut p ho tsyn- No va sc ula r With va sc ula r
    o the r p ho to synthe tic
    the tic p ig m e nt tissue s tissue s
    p ig m e nt

    Alg a e Fung i Mo sse s Fe rns Gym no sp e rm s


    A Familiar
    Dichotomous Division:

    Biotic Abiotic
     Homeostasis  Not all 8
     Organization characteristics
     Reproduction
     Development (organism)
    E
     Stimulus response
     Adaptation (species)
     Cell
    Dichotomous Keys

    Shorthand/
    Mnemonics/
    main Ideas
    on 10R

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