Taxonomic Key Practice

What is the name of bird X?

• Certhidea

• Geospiza

• Camarhynchus

• Platyspiza

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is the purpose of a dichotomous key?

• to find a common ancestor
• to show the evolution of organisms
• to show relationships between organisms
• to identify organisms

When using a dichotomous key to identify organisms, what do we look at?

• physical features
• weather patterns
• environment
• diet

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

An illustration and a dichotomous key are given. What is the correct classification for this organism?

• Class Insecta
• Order Amblygygi
• Order Araneae
• Order Scorpiones

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A student discovers an arachnid with a segmented abdomen, long legs, and a tail with no stinger. The student uses the dichotomous key below to identify it. Which arachnid has the student found?

• Whip Scorpion
• Wind Scorpion
• Daddy long legs
• Scorpion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is the name of bird W?

• Certhidea
• Geospiza
• Camarhynchus
• Platyspiza

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which characteristics are used to identify the American Robin?

• Head color, Beak shape, and Beak Color

• Head color and Beak Color

• Beak Shape and Beak Color

• Beak Color

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Using this dichotomous key, identity the name of the circled fish.

• band-tail puffer
• spotted goat fish
• peacock flounder
• trumpet fish

Leaf S

• Eastern white pine

• balsam poplar

• sweet gum

• ginko

Which of the following shows the taxa in the correct order?

• kingdom-phylum-order-class-family-genus-species
• kingdom-class-order-family-phylum-genus-species
• kingdom-phylum-class-order-family-genus-species
• kingdom-phylum-family-order-class-genus-species