Dichotomous Key Quiz

A Dichotomous Key is useful in _______________________________.

• identifying organisms

• measuring temperature

• calculating speed

• predicting weather

The two sentences contradictory statements in the key are called ____________________.

• couplets

• couples

• coupling

The term dichotomous means __________________________________________.

• divided into two parts

• combined into one part

• split into three sections

• merged into multiple layers

In a couplet one statement is ________________ and one is ____________________.

• agreeing and rejecting

• deciding and acting

• informing and agreeing

A Dichotomous Key is useful in _______________.

• Identifying living and non-living things

• Classifying chemical compounds

• Determining weather patterns

• Analyzing historical events

The two sentences contradictory statements in the key are called _______________.

• Couplets

• Triplets

• Quartets

• Quintets

Match the leaves to their name based on the dichotomous key.

• Carya (pecan)

• Leaf I

• Liquidambar (sweet gum)

• Leaf II

• Aesculus (buckeye)

• Leaf III

• Betula (birch)

• Leaf IV

Match the leaves to their name based on the dichotomous key.

• Magnolia

• Leaf VI

• Cercis (redbud)

• Leaf V

• Robinia (locust)

• Leaf VII