Science TEKS

Identify the fish

• Sebastes serriceps

• Sebastes nebulosus

• Naucrates ductor

• Seriola lalandi

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A student discovers an arachnid with a segmented abdomen, long legs, and a tail with no stinger. The student uses the dichotomous key below to identify it. Which arachnid has the student found?

• Whip Scorpion
• Wind Scorpion
• Daddy long legs
• Scorpion

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

An illustration and a dichotomous key are given. What is the correct classification for this organism?

• Class Insecta
• Order Amblygygi
• Order Araneae
• Order Scorpiones

A dichotomous key for trees is provided. Hikers found a tree that has large brown cones and single sharp needles. What species of tree have the hikers found?

• Juniper
• Pine
• Spruce
• Fir

What is the name of bird W?

• Certhidea
• Geospiza
• Camarhynchus
• Platyspiza

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A dichotomous key for insects is given. To what order does an insect with two pairs of scaly wings belong?

• Coleoptera
• Heteroptera
• Diptera
• Lepidoptera

Using this dichotomous key, identity the name of the circled fish.

• band-tail puffer
• spotted goat fish
• peacock flounder
• trumpet fish

Solange found a bird that fell out of its nest. She used a dichotomous key to help her decide which type of bird she found and what it eats. She concluded that the bird she found eats grub worms.

What information about the bird led her to this conclusion?

• The bird has talons and a short, pointed beak.

• The bird has webbed feet and a throat pouch.

• The bird has webbed feet and a short, round beak.

• The bird has talons and a long, pointed beak.

Refer to the leaf diagrams and the dichotomous key. What is the correct classification of Leaf E?

• Aesculus

• Horse Chestnut

• Eastern Red Cedar

• Sycamore

A student examines the winged insect shown below. Based on the dichotomous key, in what order should this insect be classified?

• Mantodea

• Raphidioptera

• Coleoptera

• Lepidoptera