20,345
edits
Changes
Created page with "==Key Stage 2== ===Meaning=== A '''classification key''' is a set of questions about the features of a living thing that can be used to identify it. ===About Cla..."
==Key Stage 2==
===Meaning===
A '''classification key''' is a set of questions about the features of a [[Alive|living thing]] that can be used to [[identify]] it.
===About Classification Keys===
'''Classification keys''' are used by scientists to find out the name of the creature they're looking at. If the '''key''' they have can't be used to [[identify]] the creature it might be a new creature that no-one has seen before.
===Examples===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Can you classify these creatures using either of the two '''classification keys''' below?
|-
|[[File:Puffin.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Axolotl.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Hedgehog.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Gecco.png|center|200px]]
|-
|A puffin lays hard eggs and has feathers.
|An axolotl has gills and lungs and no scales.
|A hedgehog does not lay eggs and has fur.
|A gecco lays soft shelled eggs and has dry scales.
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|[[File:ClassificationKey1.png|center|400px]]
|[[File:ClassificationKey2.png|center|400px]]
|}
===Meaning===
A '''classification key''' is a set of questions about the features of a [[Alive|living thing]] that can be used to [[identify]] it.
===About Classification Keys===
'''Classification keys''' are used by scientists to find out the name of the creature they're looking at. If the '''key''' they have can't be used to [[identify]] the creature it might be a new creature that no-one has seen before.
===Examples===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Can you classify these creatures using either of the two '''classification keys''' below?
|-
|[[File:Puffin.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Axolotl.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Hedgehog.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Gecco.png|center|200px]]
|-
|A puffin lays hard eggs and has feathers.
|An axolotl has gills and lungs and no scales.
|A hedgehog does not lay eggs and has fur.
|A gecco lays soft shelled eggs and has dry scales.
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|[[File:ClassificationKey1.png|center|400px]]
|[[File:ClassificationKey2.png|center|400px]]
|}