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NOTE: This is only for Mr. Elliott’s students. If you are
not one of Mr. Elliott’s students, then you are doing the wrong assessment. Please go back to
the website and click on the link for other teachers. Thanks!
Bear Dichotomous
Key | 1A | Carnivore with all white
fur | species: Ursus maritumus | 1B | Organism does not have all white fur | Go
to step 2 | | | | 2A | Omnivore with brown
fur | species: Ursus arctos | 2B | Organism does not have brown fur | Go
to step 3 | | | | 3A | Omnivore with black
fur | species: Ursus americanus | 3B | Organism does not have all black fur | Go
to step 4 | | | | 4A | Herbivore with both black and white
fur | species: Ailuropda Melanoleuca | 4B | Organism does not have black and white fur | Done | | | |
Use this classification key to identify the species shown above.
Then contrast this species of bear with Ursus arctos.
a. | The bear in the image is Ailuropda Melanoleuca. It is
different from Ursus arctos by what it eats and by its color. | b. | The bear in the image is Ursus maritumus. It is different from Ursus arctos
by the type of ecosystem that it is a part of. | c. | The bear in the
image is Ursus americanus. It is different from Ursus arctos by its size and
habitat. | d. | The bear in the image is Ailuropda Melanoleuca. It is
different from Ursus arctos by the shape of its body. |
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1. Does the insect have wings? | If
Yes-Go to #2 | If No-Go to #6 | 2. How many pairs of
wings does the insect have? | If One-Order Diptera
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#3 | 3. Does the insect have straight antennae? | If Yes-Go to #4 | If No-Order
Odonata | 4. Are there two or three long, slender, tail-like appendages at the tip of
the abdomen? | If Yes-Order
Ephemeroptera | If No-Go to 5 | 5. Does the insect have
five segments on each leg? | If Yes-Order
Neuroptera | If No-Order
Isoptera | 6. Is the insect ant-like with a narrow waist? | If Yes-Order Hymenoptera | If
No-Go to 7 | 7. Are the antennae long, and composed of many
segments? | If Yes-Order
Psocoptera | If No-Order
Mallophaga | |
According to the dichotomous key
above, to which order does the insect belong?
a. | Ephemeroptera | b. | Odonata | c. | Isoptera | d. | Diptera |
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Thomas saw a
rabbit near the edge of a forest. This rabbit’s grayish-brown fur did not have any stripes, and
it had a very small tail. Thomas also noticed that the rabbit’s legs were reddish-brown. .
Name | Coat
| Ears | Tail | Legs | Sumatran Rabbit Nesolagus
netscheri | gray fur with brown stripes | large/tall | large/wooly | long and gray | Riverine Rabbit Bunolagus monticularis | brown fur with black
stripes | large/tall | large/wooly | long and
brown | Mountain
Cottontail Sylvilagus
nuttallii | grayish-brown fur with no stripes | small/short | small/almost
nonexistent | short and reddish brown | Volcano Rabbit Romerolagus diazi | dark brown fur white
stripes | large/tall | small/almost nonexistent | short and dark
brown | | | | | | Based on the classfication table
above, what is the scientific name for the rabbit that Thomas saw?
a. | Sumatran Rabbit | c. | Romerolagus diazi | b. | Riverine
Rabbit | d. | Sylvilagus nuttallii |
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Using this diagram to
identify which bird can fly but does not perch on trees or roost.
a. | crane | b. | emu | c. | finch | d. | vulture |
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Use the provided classification key
to identify the insect shown above. To what genus does this organism
belong?
a. | Atrax | b. | Chortophaga | c. | Latrodectus | d. | Tenodera |
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Which plant is most similar to the hibiscus and which plant is
least similar to the hibiscus?
a. | Most similar: Pine tree Least Similar: Moss | c. | Most similar: Fern Least
Similar: Hibiscus | b. | Most similar: Moss Least Similar:
Fern | d. | Most similar:
Flowers Least Similar: Ferns |
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Dinosaur Dichotomous Key | 1A | has wings and can fly | species:
Pterodactyl | 1B | does not have
wings | Go to step
2 | | | | 2A | bipedal carnivore | species: Spinosaurus | 2B | is not a carnivore-walks on
4-legs | Go to step 3 | | | | 3A | quadrupedal herbivore, has
spinal spikes and a short neck | species:
Stegosaurus | 3B | quadrupedal herbivore without spinal
spikes | Go to step 4 | | | | 4A | quadrupedal herbivore, very
long neck & tail | species:
Apatosaurus | 4B | quadrupedal herbivore with a short
neck & tail | Done | | | |
Contrast the physical characteristics used to identify the Stegosaurus
at step 3A and the Apatosaurus at step 4A.
a. | A Stegosaurus has a short neck with spikes, but an
Apatosaurus has a very long neck. | b. | Both organisms are
quadrupeds (walk on 4 legs) | c. | Both organisms
were herbivores that consumed only plant material | d. | The Apatosaurus had large claws on their feet, but the Stegosaurus did not
have claws |
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Dichotomous Key for Domains and
Kingdoms |
1. a. one cell
b.
many cells | a. Go to step 2. b. Go to step 4. | 2.
a. no membrane-bound
organelles
b. membrane-bound organelles | a. Go to step 3. b. Go to step
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3. a. extreme
environments
b. throughout the environment and
within larger living things | a. domain Archaea b. domain
Bacteria |
4. a. all the same kind of cell or
few different kinds of cells
b. many different kinds of cells in organism | a. Go to step 5. b.
Go to step 6. |
5. a. plantlike
characteristics
b. absorbs nutrients from surroundings | a. kingdom Protista b. kingdom
Fungi |
6. a. uses
photosynthesis
b. consumes other organisms | a. kingdom Plantae b. kingdom
Animalia | | |
An organism has a
few different types of cells and has mitochondria. It does not eat food, but cannot perform
photosynthesis either. Using this dichotomous key, determine the kingdom to which the organism
belongs.
a. | kingdom Fungi | c. | kingdom Protista | b. | kingdom
Plantae | d. | kingdom Animalia |
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Which mammal shown above gives birth to live young, but does not have
retractable claws?
a. | House Cat | b. | Lion | c. | Platypus | d. | Brown
Bear |
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The chart below is a key to the
classification of four organisms. | | |
According to the classification
chart above, which two organisms are the most closely related?
a. | Organism 1 and 3 | c. | Organism 1 and 4 | b. | Organism 2 and
3 | d. | Organism 2 and 4 |
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