CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

CLASSIFICATION OF ASSESSMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A botanist discovers a new plant in the jungle. Which of thefollowing observations of the plant’s characteristics would be useful in determining its identity with a dichotomous key?
A
It was discovered in the summertime
B
It is wet from a recent rain storm.
C
Its leaves curl up on the edges.
D
It is eaten by native jungle ants.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A botanist discovers a new plant in the jungle. Which of thefollowing observations of the plant’s characteristics would be useful in determining its identity with a dichotomous key? Its leaves curl up on the edges.

Detailed explanation-2: -When creating your dichotomous key, you need to start with the most general characteristics first, before moving to the more specific ones. So it helps to have identified the more obvious and less obvious contrasting characteristics among the specimen before creating your dichotomous key.

Detailed explanation-3: -The main difference between the two is that arachnids have eight legs (four pairs of legs) while insects have six (three pairs of legs).

Detailed explanation-4: -A dichotomous key is an important scientific tool, used to identify different organisms, based the organism’s observable traits. Dichotomous keys consist of a series of statements with two choices in each step that will lead users to the correct identification.

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