MASIKONDE SECONDARY SCHOOL

FORM 3 DRY PRACTICAL

TOPIC: CLASSIFICATION II

SUB-TOPIC: DICHOTOMOUS KEY ANIMALS.

1. Below are photographs of invertebrates which belong to the same class. Examine them carefully and
use it to answer the questions that follow.

a) To which class do the above invertebrates belong? 1Mark

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b) State two characteristics of the class named in (a) above 2 Marks
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c) Complete the dichotomous key below to identify the invertebrates to their orders 3marks
1a. Animal with wings ………………………… go to 3

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 b. __________________……………………………….go to 2

2a. Animal with hairy body …………………Siphonoptera

b. Animal with smooth body………………………………Isoptera
3a. Animal with one pair of wings…………………………...Diptera
b. ________________________ ………………………….........go to 4

4a. Fore wings hard/elytra……………………………………Coleoptera

b. ________________________ …………………………. ....Go to 5
5a. Long slender abdomen…………………………………………Odonata

b. Short broad abdomen……………………………………..Hymenoptera

d) Using the dichotomous key above, identify to which orders the various organisms belong. In
each case write down the steps that you followed to arrive at your answer. (6mks)

Specimen Steps Identity

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 2. Study the organisms below.

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a) Complete and use the key below to identify the organisms. (2mks)

1.a) Organism with endoskeleton ……………………………………………...go to 2

b) ______________________________________............................................go to 3

2.a) Has scales on the body …………………………………………………….. go to 4

b) Has no scales on the body …………………………………………mammalian
3. a) Has cephalothorax …………………………………………………..Arachnida
b) Has no cephalothorax ………………….……………………….………..go to 5
4a) ______________________________................................................................Pisces

b) Has no fins ………………………………………………………………go to 7

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 5a) Has three pairs of legs ……………………………………………………..Insect

b) Has more than three pairs of ………………………………………………….go to 6

6a) Two pairs of legs per segment ………………………………………..Diplopoda

b) One pair of legs per segment ………………………………………….Chilopoda
7a) Has feathers ……………………………………………………………… Aves
b) Has no feathers ……………………………………………………………go to 8

8a) Has a tail ……………………………………………………………………Reptilia

b) Has no tail …………………………………………………………………Amphibia

b) Identify the organisms above using the completed key above (6mks)
Specimen Steps followed Identity
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D _____________________________ ___________________________
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c) Name the phylum in which specimens C, E and F belong to. (1mk)

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d) Give three reasons for your answer in (c) above (3mks)
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e) Name one feature that is common in organisms B, E and D (1mk)
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 3. Below are photographs of a variety of invertebrates. Examine them and answer the questions
that follow.

a. Complete the dichotomous key given below. (5mks)

1a. Animal with three pairs of legs…………………………………………….………..go to 2
b. ________________________________________...................................................go to 5
2a. Animal with wings…………………………………………………………..…….go to 3
b. Animal without wings………………………………………………...Hymenoptera
3a. Animal with one pair of wings…………………………………………………….Diptera
b. ________________________________________.....................................................go to 4

4a. Fore wings hard……………………………….…………………………..Orthoptera

b. Fore wings membranous………………………………………………………….Odonata
5a. _________________________________________....................................................go to 6

b. Animal with more than four pairs of walking legs…………………………………go to 7

6a. _________________________________________................................................Crustacea

b.Animal without antennae…………………………………………………………..Arachnida

7a. _________________________________________………….…………………..Chilopoda
b. Animal with two pairs of legs in each body segment …………………………..Diplopoda

b. Use the dichotomous key to identify the specimen in the photographs above. (8mks)

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 Specimen Steps followed Identity

K1

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 4. Below are photographs showing some observable features of animals

Using the observable features below construct a dichotomous key that can be used to identify the
specimens (10 marks)
-Presence or absence legs
-Pairs of legs
-Presence of wings
-Pairs of wings
-Presenceofantennae
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5. During an ecological tour, students collected animals some of which are shown below: -

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The teacher provided a dichotomous key (shown below) to enable them identify their family names:-

Dichotomous key.
1a With wings…………………………………………………… Go to 2
b Without wings ……………………..…………………………….. Go to 3
2a With broad abdomen …………………………………………… Muscidae
b With slender abdomen…………….…………………………… Anisoptera

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 3a With three pairs of legs……………………………………………… Go to
4 b With more than three pairs of legs……………………………… Go to 5
4a With a constriction between the thorax and abdomen………… Formicidae
b Without a constriction between the thorax and abdomen………. Cimicidae
5a With antennae………………………………………………… Go to 6
b Without antennae………………………………………………… Argasidae
6a Animal with carapace …………………………………………. Cambaridae
b Animal with carapace ……………………………………………… Go to 7
7a Body dorso-ventrally flattened ……………………………… Lithobiidae
b Body cylindrical ………………………………………… Spirostreptidae
a) Using the key provided above, identify the families of specimens. A, B, C, D, E and H.
(12 marks)

SPECIMEN IDENTITY STEPS

b) Name the phylum to which the animals belong:- (1 mark)

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c) Using observable features only, state two reasons for your answer in 9 (b) above.
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6. The photographs below show a variety of animals collected by a group of students during a field
study.

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 Earthworm

Honey bee

HOUSE FLY

Centipede

SPIDER ROUNDWORM

(a) Using the observable characteristics only draw up a dichotomous key for the above animals

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The key should begin with:

1(a) Body bilaterally symmetrical……………………………………………………...go to 2

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(b) (i) Name the phylum to which the housefly and the spider belong (1mk)
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 (c) Give a reason for your answer in b(i) above (1mk)
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7. Below are photographs of various animals. Study the pictures carefully and use the dichotomous key
shown below to identify, the organisms

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1(a) Jointed legs present……………………………….go to 2

(b) Jointed legs absent………………………………. go to 6
2(a) Three pairs of legs……………………………….. go to 3

(b) More than three pairs of legs……………………. go to 5

3 (a) Wings present…………………………………….. go to 4

(b) Wings absent………………………………….….. Bedbug

4 (a) Two pairs of wings…………………………….…. Dragonfly

(b) One pair of wings…………………………………Housefly

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5. (a) Antennae present……………………………….….Crayfish

(b) Antennae absent………………………………….. Mite

6.(a) Shell present……………………………………… Snail

(b) Shell Absent…………………………………………go to 7

7.(a) Prominent clitellum visible…………………………Earthworm.

(b) No clitellum visible…………………………………Leech

(a) Fill in the table below to identify the organism

(10mks)
Organism Identity Steps followed

(b) With reasons state the phylum of specimen H.

Phylum (1mk)

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Reasons (2mks)

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6. A, B, C, D and E are photographs of animal specimens. Study and use them to answer the

questions that follow.

a) Using observable features classify the animals A, B, C and E in their respective classes.

(8mks)

Class

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Feature

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b) Explain how specimen D is adapted for locomotion. (6mks)

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