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Use the dichotomous key to identify the 5 leaves pictured.
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B)
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E)
1A:
Step 1
1B:
2A:
Step 2
2B:
3A:
Step 3
3B:
4A:
Step 4
4B:
5A:
Step 5
5B:
When you are finished making your key, change papers with a neighboring group and check their
answers.
1. Is it possible to have a different key for the same 6 organisms? Explain why or why not.
When you are finished making your key, change papers with a neighboring group and check their
answers.
1. Is it possible to have a different key for the same 6 organisms? Explain why or why not. Yes, it is
possible. Other groups could have chosen different physical characteristics but still arrived at the same
final answers.