Dichotomous keys
Read the picture, follow the key.
Exactly what the test asks: look at an organism, start at step 1, pick the statement that matches what you can see, follow the number. Every organism you identify is remembered.
Vertebrates of a river red gum forest · Murray River, NSW. Pick an organism to identify.
The full key, as it would be printed in the test
- 1aBody covered in feathers …… Laughing kookaburra1bBody not covered in feathers …… go to 2
- 2aBody covered in fur …… go to 32bBody not covered in fur …… go to 4
- 3aHas a duck-like bill and lays eggs …… Platypus3bGives birth to live young carried in a pouch …… Red kangaroo
- 4aSkin is dry and scaly …… Blue-tongue lizard4bSkin is moist, or body has fins …… go to 5
- 5aHas fins and lives in water all its life …… Murray cod5bHas legs and moist skin …… Green tree frog