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A dichotomous key (di cot o mis) is fairly simple to make depending on the size of the population that you want to single out. The dichotomous (taxonomic) key is used to single out a certaing species of a population of things and it can prove to be very useful. Here is how I made it in Biology. # First you start with a broad subject (something that can single out half the population or close to). # Next single out more things from each category while naming the animals along the way while getting more specific. # When every animal (or plant) is singled out, make sure that the key is in a yes or no format (ie: Long tail? Sharp nose?...) and every species described does not share a specific category with another species as this will ruin the point of the key. # All the species should have their own little area and go from that species back to the front making sure that each little description fits the species. The finished product can be a bracket or a page that has questions with answers that tell you to go to a different step.

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