What Is A Dichotomous key used for?

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What Is A Dichotomous key used for?

Answer 1

"The dichotomous key is the method employed for identifying unknown organisms. The evolution of keys has been the result of work by taxonomists who study the characteristics of organisms at some taxonomic level (= category) and often develop keys for their identification."

Answer 2

dichotomous keys are used to classify newly discovered organisms. they have something to do with the 'kingdom, phylum, genus, species' thing. the organisms are classified by what characteristics they have, by deciding what other organisms the newly discovered organism is like and unlike. it is then put into a category (like cats), further broken down, like house cats, wild cats, so on, then given a name like manx or tiger or bobcat. they can use this to track evolution in organisms, like if a new fossil is found, and it has a certain shaped skull that looks familiar or has a similar characteristic to an already classified organism then they can put it in a common category. it's simple, yet complex.

Answer 3

lmao at the guy above me.. clever

A dichotomous key is a series of paired statements (yes or no questions) that helps identify species or something. It also helps organize species by their physical characteristics.

Answer 4

To open up a Dichotomous