7.11A Identification of Organisms

- to identify an organism you must examine their structures such as insects or leaves and use dichotomous keys to identify what animal or plant the organism is.

- Populations and species demonstrate variations. Scientists use the dichotomous keys as a tool to classify organisms by identifying their traits.

- by examining the structures of the animals and plants you can reveal distinct characteristics that can be used to classify each different species.

Examples of a

dichotomous key