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Grade 10 Dichotomous Key Worksheet

This document is a Grade 10 worksheet focused on classification using a dichotomous key. It provides a table of specimens and a branching key to help students identify various organisms based on their physical characteristics. Students are required to fill in their answers next to the corresponding letters under the dichotomous key.

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Grade 10 Dichotomous Key Worksheet

This document is a Grade 10 worksheet focused on classification using a dichotomous key. It provides a table of specimens and a branching key to help students identify various organisms based on their physical characteristics. Students are required to fill in their answers next to the corresponding letters under the dichotomous key.

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GRADE 10: WORKSHEET ON CLASSIFICATION: DICHOTOMOUS KEY 2020

NAME: ______________________________________________________________
1. Study the organisms in the table of specimens below.
2. Use the dichotomous key to find out to identify each of the organisms.
3. Fill in your answer next to the corresponding letter under the branching key.

Table of Specimens

A B C D

Long, soft body


E F G H

Hard, spiny skin Non-segmented body


I J K L

Cylindrical, segmented body Flat body Holes in spongy body


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GRADE 10: WORKSHEET ON CLASSIFICATION: DICHOTOMOUS KEY 2020

Dichotomous key:
1 Body is spongy with many holes in it Sea Sponge (Porifera)
Body is not spongy. Go to 2
2 Soft body with no shell. Go to 3
Body has a hard skin or a shell. Go to 8
3 Body has many tentacles or arms Go to 4
Body is long without tentacles or arms Go to 5
Tentacles found round the opening of a sack-like
4 Jellyfish (Coelenterote)
body
Arms have suckers. Eyes on head Octopus (Mollusc)
5 Soft body with a large foot Slug (Mollusc)
Worm like. Go to 6
6 Body flat Tapeworm (Platyhelminthes)
Body round Go to 7
7 Body divided into segments Earthworm (Annelid)
Body not divided into segments Nemotode (Annelid)
8 Proper shell or a smooth, hard skin. Go to 9
Skin is spiny Starfish (Echinoderm)
9 Limbs in pairs, body divided into segments. Go to 10
Body has a shell Snail (Mollusc)
Long, thin body with many segments. One or two
10 Centipede (Arthropod)
pairs of legs on each segment
Body shorter and wider Go to 11
11 Five pairs of walking legs Crab (Arthropod)
Less than five pairs of walking legs Go to 12
12 Three pairs of walking legs. Body has three parts Bee (Arthropod)
Four pairs of walking legs. Body has two parts Spider (Arthropod)

ANSWERS:

A B

C D

E F

G H

I J

K L

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