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Activity B:
Identification
practice
Get the Gizmo ready
• Select the Canadian Rockies Buttercups key
• Select Organism A
Introduction: Dichotomous keys are written for small, specific groups of organisms. For
example, each dichotomous key in this Gizmo is used to identify six to eight related species
found within a geographic region.
Goal: Identify a variety of organisms using dichotomous keys.
1. Practice Use the Gizmo's dichotomous key to identify all the buttercups.
Canadian Rockies Buttercups
Common name
Scientific name
Organism
A
B
С
D
E
F
2. Analyze Which traits were used to identify the flowers, and which of these traits did you
think were most useful?
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