PPT-Classification Using a Dichotomous Key

Mr Jones 6142013 Common Core RST683 Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments CA Science Standard 3d Students know how to construct a simple branching diagram to classify living . The key on this page was designed to identify common objects Discover the silly scientific name of each object 1a Item is 10 cm or more in any dimension go to 2 1b Item is less than 10 cm in any dimension go to 5 2a Item has wooden parts go to 3 . Dichotomous Key. What: A dichotomous key is a series of questions, each with only two answers. . Who: Scientists. Where: All over the World. When: If you need to identify an unknown organism. Why: To help identify an organisms genus and species. TEKS 7.11A . Examine organisms and use dichotomous keys for identification. DICHOTOMOUS KEYS. A dichotomous key is a device that can be used to easily identify an unknown organism. . DICHOTOMOUS KEYS. Dichotomy Keys. Classification . Carl . Linneus. founded the classification system . That is –finding, describing and naming species. . This was way back in the early 1700’s. He categorised living things into Kingdoms; . Classifying Organisms. Classification: is the process of grouping things based on their similarities. . Non living things can be classified based up external features like hard vs. soft, round vs. triangular, or big vs. small.. Test Review. #1. What . is taxonomy. ?. a. the scientific study of how living things are classified . b. the name of Aristotle’s classification system . c. the process used by geologists to classify rocks . Walker Wieland. GEOG 342. Introduction. Isocluster. Unsupervised. Interactive Supervised . Raster Analysis. Conclusions. Outline. GIS work, watershed analysis. Characterize amounts of impervious cover (IC) at spatial extents . http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Education/ConservationCentral/walk/walk4.html. Trees. 1). 2). 3). 4). Directions:. After visiting the “Virtual Dichotomous Key Activity” website (previous slide), document the names of each tree. Be sure to look at the previous slide to see what number corresponds to which tree on the website. Your answers can be . Learn . About You.. Luke K. McDowell. U.S. Naval Academy. http://www.usna.edu/Users/cs/lmcdowel. . Joint work with:. MIDN Josh King, USNA. David Aha, NRL. Bio. 1993-1997: Princeton University. B.S.E., Electrical Engineering. latin. or . greek. names for organisms (which can be hard to remember/understand). Wouldn’t it be easier simply to refer to their common name? . Finding order in diversity. Section 18.1. How are scientific names assigned? . Introduction, Overview. Classification using Graphs. Graph classification – Direct Product Kernel. Predictive Toxicology example dataset. Vertex classification – . Laplacian. Kernel. WEBKB example dataset. Understanding:. The binomial system of names for species is universal among biologists and has been agreed and developed at a series of congresses. When species are discovered they are given scientific names . a simple classification key to identify an unknown organism. .. . Notes . Science. Success Criteria:. I will show that I understand this by classifying some. example organisms and by passing the quiz.. When a biologist wants to identify a plant or animal they have found, they often use an identification key which contains the major characteristics of groups of organisms. . A . dichotomous key. is one type of identification key. The term dichotomous means "divided into two parts or categories”. .