when making a taxonomic key, sometimes it is easier … making a taxonomic key, sometimes it is...
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When making a taxonomic key, sometimes it is easier to start with a spider key.
Spider key
For example: If you want to create a taxonomic key for 4 different kinds of candy,
you start by making a…
Traditional taxonomic key
and then you make the…
1 a. Hard…………….…..go to 2
1 b. Soft……………….…go to 3
2 a. Round…………….…Lollipop
2 b. Not Round ………….Candy Heart
3 a. Triangle……………..Candy Corn
3 b. Not triangle…..……..Gummy Bear
Candies
3a. triangle
2a. round
Candy corn
Lollipop
Gummy bears
Candy hearts
1a. hard
1b. soft
2b. not round
3b. not triangle
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