Dichotomous Key

A dichotomous key for trees is provided. Hikers found a tree that has large brown cones and single sharp needles. What species of tree have the hikers found?

• Juniper
• Pine
• Spruce
• Fir

A dichotomous key for insects is given. To what order does an insect with two pairs of scaly wings belong?

• Coleoptera
• Heteroptera
• Diptera
• Lepidoptera

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

• physical features
• weather patterns
• environment
• diet

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is the name of bird Z?

• Certhidea
• Geospiza
• Camarhynchus
• Platyspiza

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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

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

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

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Leaf S (3RD LEAF)

• Eastern white pine

• balsam poplar

• sweet gum

• ginko

Identify leaf F

• Cydonia

• Magnolia

• Aesculus

• Fraxinus

• Ilex

Which leaf is shown in the drawing?

• Magnolia

• Redbud

• Sweetgum

• None of the above

According to key above, which animal has wings covered by an exoskeleton and a round body?

• Ladybug

• Grasshopper

• Dragonfly

• Housefly