Graded Assignment Lab Report
Create a dichotomous key that identifies the 10 leaves on the Common Leaves sheet. Look closely at
those leaf samples and devise a dichotomous key that helps you identify them. Be sure that your
dichotomous key contains only pairs of statements about a single characteristic. For example, a pair of
statements might be:
A. leaf margin smooth
B. leaf margin toothed
However, you should avoid pairs of statements that do not address the same characteristic. The following
pair, for example, would not be very informative in your key:
A. leaf margin smooth
B. leaf type needle-like
As you develop your key, test it out with the 10 leaves provided on the Common Leaves sheet. When
you've developed a key that identifies all 10 leaves, type your statements, "go tos," and identifications,
following the format in the example below. The example is based on this lesson's dichotomous key for
birds.
Statement Types/Dichotomous key Identification
Name/Number of
for birds
Leaves
Statement 2a The bird has a crest of go to statement or identify blue jay
feathers on the top of its bird
head.
Statement 2b The bird has a smooth go to statement or identify 3
head.
bird

(IF THERE IS ANYONE WHO COULD HELP ME WITH THIS OR GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT TO DO THAT WOULD BE GREAT, THANK YOU)!