Copyright information The Mystery PlantAnimal Game Classification Exercise

Copyright information The Mystery Plant/Animal Game (Classification Exercise) By Abe L. Curtis Which game do you want to play? Follow the Dichotomous Key! Who am I? There are 2 worksheets that go with this game. One is the “Animal Key” and the other is the “WAI” worksheet.

Follow the Dichotomous Key (Classification Exercise) This game requires that participants have the “Animal Key” worksheet Which animal do you want to follow? Bear Beaver Duck Eagle Jackrabbit Tortoise Snake Carp Trout Toad Salamander Worm Snail Spider Centipede Ant Bee

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Is the organism a plant or animal? (Classification Exercise) Organism Plant Animal

Is the plant deciduous or coniferous? (Classification Exercise) Plant Deciduous Coniferous

What is the color of the bark? (Classification Exercise) Deciduous Plant – Bark Color White/Light Dark

Is the leaf fat and toothed or long and thin? (Classification Exercise) Deciduous Plant –Dark Bark Color Fat and Lobed Long and Thin

Your plant is an Oak! (Classification Exercise)

Your plant is a Willow! (Classification Exercise)

What is the leaf like? (Classification Exercise) White/Light Bark Toothed Smooth and round

Your plant is a cottonwood! (Classification Exercise)

Your plant is a quaking aspen! (Classification Exercise)

Is the needle(leaf) clustered or single? (Classification Exercise) Leaf/Needle Single Clustered

Your plant Colorado Spruce! (Classification Exercise)

Your plant Pinion Pine! (Classification Exercise)

Is the animal a vertebrate or an invertebrate? (Classification Exercise) Animal Vertebrate Invertebrate

What kind of vertebrate is your animal? (Classification Exercise) Vertebrate Reptile Mammal Bird Fish Amphibian

What is the mammals natural biome? Mammal Characteristics: Warm blooded Fur or hair Live birth Large brains (Classification Exercise) Mammal Desert Wetland Forest

Your animal is a jack rabbit! (Classification Exercise) http: //wildlife. utah. gov/wr/0706 desert. pdf A B C D E

Your animal is a bear! (Classification Exercise) A B C D E

Your animal is a beaver! (Classification Exercise) A B C D E

How does the bird use its beak? Bird Characteristics: Warm blooded Hatch from eggs Feathers Two legs Two wings (Classification Exercise) Bird To eat plants To eat meat

You have a duck! (Classification Exercise) A B C D E

You have an eagle! (Classification Exercise) A B C D E

What type of protection does it have? (Classification Exercise) Reptile Characteristics: Cold blooded Hatch from eggs Scales cover their bodies Hard Shell Reptile Poisonous venom

You have a tortoise! (Classification Exercise) F G H I J

You have a snake! (Classification Exercise) P Q

What does the fish eat? (Classification Exercise) Fish Characteristics: Cold blooded Breathe through gills Scales cover their bodies Worms and insects Fish Plants and dead fish

You have a carp! (Classification Exercise) F G H I J

You have a trout! (Classification Exercise) F G H I J

How does the amphibian move around? (Classification Exercise) Amphibian Characteristics: Cold blooded Start life with gills that change to lungs Hatch from eggs Amphibian Hops/Jumps Runs/Walks

You have a Frog or Toad! (Classification Exercise) F G H I J

You have a salamander? (Classification Exercise) F G H I J

Does the invertebrate have legs or no legs? (Classification Exercise) Invertebrate Legs No legs

Does the invertebrate have a shell or no shell? (Classification Exercise) Invertebrate Shell No Shell

Your animal is a worm! (Classification Exercise) K L M N O

Your animal is a snail! (Classification Exercise) K L M N O

Is the invertebrate an insect or another type of arthropod? (Classification Exercise) Insect Characteristics: Cold-blooded Six legs Three body sections Invertebrate Insect Arthropod: Cold-blooded Six or more legs Other Type of Arthropod

Does your arthropod eat bugs or plants? (Classification Exercise) Arthropod Plants Bugs

Your animal is a spider! (Classification Exercise) K L M N O

Your animal is a centipede! (Classification Exercise) K L M N O

Does the insect collect nectar or leaves? (Classification Exercise) Insect Nectar Leaves

Your animal is an ant! (Classification Exercise) K L M N O

Your animal is a bee! (Classification Exercise) P Q

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