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Dichotomous Key Practice 2

This document provides information about classification systems and examples of how living things can be classified into groups. It includes classification diagrams, flow charts, dichotomous keys, and questions related to classifying plants, animals, fungi and other organisms based on observable characteristics and whether they are able to make their own food, breathe through lungs or gills, have hair or feathers, etc. The document seeks to teach students the basic principles of taxonomy and how biologists group and identify different types of living things.

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Dichotomous Key Practice 2

This document provides information about classification systems and examples of how living things can be classified into groups. It includes classification diagrams, flow charts, dichotomous keys, and questions related to classifying plants, animals, fungi and other organisms based on observable characteristics and whether they are able to make their own food, breathe through lungs or gills, have hair or feathers, etc. The document seeks to teach students the basic principles of taxonomy and how biologists group and identify different types of living things.

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CHAPTER 3 “Classification System”

Name : _______________
1. The flow chart below shows how some living things are classified.

Are they able to yes


Living things make their own A
food?

no

Do they food on yes


B
decaying matter?

no
C

The letter A, B, and C can be replaced by …


a. Paddy plants, fungi, flowers c. Worms, arthropods, mollusk
b. Grass, fungi, mice d. Crabs, snails, slugs

2. Study the classification below.

Leaves
Group X is …
a. Oval-shaped
Group X Group Y
b. Heart-shaped
c. Smooth-edge
d. Jagged-edge

3. A student wants to group the four animals into groups where each group has two animals.

snail ladybird earthworm butterfly

Group 1 Group 2
The correct heading is ….
a. Vertebrates and invertebrates
b. Can fly and cannot fly
c. Give birth and lay eggs
d. Live on land and live under water

4. Study the classification below. Identify A, B, C, and D.

Plants

Flowering A

B C Mosses Ferns D

Ixora Hibiscus Club Staghorn Pine


Moss fern tree

The A, B, C, and D represented …


A B C D
Reproduced by Brightly colored Dull colored
I. Conifers
spore flowers flowers
Reproduced by
II. Tiny flowers Big flowers Algae
spore
Flowers grow Flowers grow
III. Non-flowering Algae
singly clusters
Flowers grow Flowers grow
IV. Non-flowering Conifers
clusters singly

a. I c. III
b. II d. IV
5. Which words are used to complete the dichotomous key?

Yes
a. X ; fly Y ; legs Yes Duck

b. X ; two legs Y; four legs X Hen


Feathers No
c. X ; swim Y ; legs
d. X ; legs Y ; lay eggs
Yes
Y Lizard

No Snake
No

Study the diagram below to answer question 6 and 7.

Organisms
A, B, C, D

Move from one place to another Do not move from one place to
another

D
Breathe Breathe
through gills through lungs

A Have feathers Have hair

B C

6. The characteristics of organism C are ________________, _______________, and


__________________

7. One example of organism B is _____________


8. The diagram shown three groups of animals.

Animals

Goat, Rabbit, Monkey Duck, Eagle, Mynah Crab, Snail, Turtle

These animal are classified according to __________________________________

9. The diagram shown two leaves which are similar in some ways.

From your observation, the two leaves are similar because _____________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

10. Study the classification diagram below.

Plants

No stem Stem

No roots Roots No seeds Seeds

Black fungus Moss Fern


No flowers Flowers
__________ ________ ______
Pine tree Rose
__________ ______

a. Based on the classification diagram, the characteristics of pine trees are ________________
_________________________________________________________________________

b. Where would you put ‘coconut trees’ in the above classification diagram?
_________________________________________________________________________
11. A dichotomous key is a great help for the scientists to classify the living things.
Classify the organisms below using the Dichotomous Key.

A B C

D E F

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