Using Keys to Classify Living Things
Science: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 6.1.10
Using Keys to Classify Living Things
You can use keys to identify living things. A key is a series of questions to group new species according to their characteristics.
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What are keys, when used to classify living things?
Lucía has discovered a new living thing. This thing is an animal that does not have a backbone.
Which type of living thing has Lucía discovered? Use the key in the image to answer.Michael has discovered a new living thing. This thing is not a plant and is not an animal.
Which type of living thing has Michael discovered? Use the key in the image to answer.Layla has discovered a new species of plant. This plant produces seeds but does not produce 'naked seeds'.
Which type of plant has Layla discovered? Use the key in the image to answer.