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Wacky People Dichotomous Key

By Vivian Johnson

A dichotomous key gives instructions in pairs of either/or statements. (Dichotomy means "cut in half" in Greek, meaning you either choose one answer or the other.)

With each character, start with the first pair of statements. Decide which description describes your chosen character best and follow the line to the right. There will either be a number or a name. If it is a number, go to the pair of steps with that number, for example, if the number is 3, go to steps 3a and 3b. If the line ends in a name you have identified your character, so choose the multiple choice name in the question by that person's picture.

Continue until each creature has a name. There is only one creature per name, and no creature has two names.
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Question 16
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Question 17
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Are these wacky people the same species or different species?

Question 18
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Will you always be given the exact same number of organisms to fit all the categories? And will all of them fit neatly - one into each category?

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Question 15
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Why do you think all the names for these wacky people are italicized? (Choose all that apply)
Because it's prettier that way!
Does it have something to do with scientific naming?
Perhaps it has something to do with binomial nomenclature...
Oh! It's typed! That might have something to do with it...
They are the scientific names for each person. Therefore (since it's typed), the names must be italicized.
Hey! Ms. Genter! You forgot to mention that their first name is capitalized...
The capitalization is because the first name is the genus name and the second name (which is NOT capitalized) is the species name.
SO: Because these are typed scientific names, the first name should be capitalized, the second name should NOT be capitalized, and all names should be italicized.
This was a lot. Can't we just think it's because it's pretty?
No.
What is the name of this wacky person?
Cue kide
D. nile
Elle-e funk
Eggur ondy
G. giggles
Grif leon
Hex oculate
Lugio wirum
Mosk cara
Patterned mulywumpus
Q. quadrumenox
Rita nita
Ru-ela brella
Tri-dee duckt
Tunia petalos
What is the name of this wacky person?
Cue kide
D. nile
Elle-e funk
Eggur ondy
G. giggles
Grif leon
Hex oculate
Lugio wirum
Mosk cara
Patterned mulywumpus
Q. quadrumenox
Rita nita
Ru-ela brella
Tri-dee duckt
Tunia petalos
What is the name of this wacky person?
Cue kide
D. nile
Elle-e funk
Eggur ondy
G. giggles
Grif leon
Hex oculate
Lugio wirum
Mosk cara
Patterned mulywumpus
Q. quadrumenox
Rita nita
Ru-ela brella
Tri-dee duckt
Tunia petalos
What is the name of this wacky person?
Cue kide
D. nile
Elle-e funk
Eggur ondy
G. giggles
Grif leon
Hex oculate
Lugio wirum
Mosk cara
Patterned mulywumpus
Q. quadrumenox
Rita nita
Ru-ela brella
Tri-dee duckt
Tunia petalos
What is the name of this wacky person?
Cue kide
D. nile
Elle-e funk
Eggur ondy
G. giggles
Grif leon
Hex oculate
Lugio wirum
Mosk cara
Patterned mulywumpus
Q. quadrumenox
Rita nita
Ru-ela brella
Tri-dee duckt
Tunia petalos
What is the name of this wacky person?
Cue kide
D. nile
Elle-e funk
Eggur ondy
G. giggles
Grif leon
Hex oculate
Lugio wirum
Mosk cara
Patterned mulywumpus
Q. quadrumenox
Rita nita
Ru-ela brella
Tri-dee duckt
Tunia petalos
What is the name of this wacky person?
Cue kide
D. nile
Elle-e funk
Eggur ondy
G. giggles
Grif leon
Hex oculate
Lugio wirum
Mosk cara
Patterned mulywumpus
Q. quadrumenox
Rita nita
Ru-ela brella
Tri-dee duckt
Tunia petalos
What is the name of this wacky person?
Cue kide
D. nile
Elle-e funk
Eggur ondy
G. giggles
Grif leon
Hex oculate
Lugio wirum
Mosk cara
Patterned mulywumpus
Q. quadrumenox
Rita nita
Ru-ela brella
Tri-dee duckt
Tunia petalos
What is the name of this wacky person?
Cue kide
D. nile
Elle-e funk
Eggur ondy
G. giggles
Grif leon
Hex oculate
Lugio wirum
Mosk cara
Patterned mulywumpus
Q. quadrumenox
Rita nita
Ru-ela brella
Tri-dee duckt
Tunia petalos
What is the name of this wacky person?
Cue kide
D. nile
Elle-e funk
Eggur ondy
G. giggles
Grif leon
Hex oculate
Lugio wirum
Mosk cara
Patterned mulywumpus
Q. quadrumenox
Rita nita
Ru-ela brella
Tri-dee duckt
Tunia petalos
What is the name of this wacky person?
Cue kide
D. nile
Elle-e funk
Eggur ondy
G. giggles
Grif leon
Hex oculate
Lugio wirum
Mosk cara
Patterned mulywumpus
Q. quadrumenox
Rita nita
Ru-ela brella
Tri-dee duckt
Tunia petalos
What is the name of this wacky person?
Cue kide
D. nile
Elle-e funk
Eggur ondy
G. giggles
Grif leon
Hex oculate
Lugio wirum
Mosk cara
Patterned mulywumpus
Q. quadrumenox
Rita nita
Ru-ela brella
Tri-dee duckt
Tunia petalos
What is the name of this wacky person?
Cue kide
D. nile
Elle-e funk
Eggur ondy
G. giggles
Grif leon
Hex oculate
Lugio wirum
Mosk cara
Patterned mulywumpus
Q. quadrumenox
Rita nita
Ru-ela brella
Tri-dee duckt
Tunia petalos
What is the name of this wacky person?
Cue kide
D. nile
Elle-e funk
Eggur ondy
G. giggles
Grif leon
Hex oculate
Lugio wirum
Mosk cara
Patterned mulywumpus
Q. quadrumenox
Rita nita
Ru-ela brella
Tri-dee duckt
Tunia petalos
What is the name of this wacky person?
Cue kide
D. nile
Elle-e funk
Eggur ondy
G. giggles
Grif leon
Hex oculate
Lugio wirum
Mosk cara
Patterned mulywumpus
Q. quadrumenox
Rita nita
Ru-ela brella
Tri-dee duckt
Tunia petalos