Name(s): Period: PLANET PASTA DICHOTOMOUS KEY LAB You are a scientist who has landed on a PLANET of PASTA. You have collected a bag full of organisms from this planet. Now, it is your job to classify them for others to be able to identify them in the future! Here are the pictures of the pasta in their natural habitat before you collected your sample: Fettuccine Spaghetti Elbow Rotini Bowtie Penne Part 1: List the characteristics of each specimen below. You should use characteristics that help create a comparison between them. For example, shape, the presence of holes, etc. Fettuccine: Spaghetti: Elbow: Rotini: Bowtie: Name(s): Period: Penne: Part 2: Now, create a dichotomous key below for identifying your specimens: 1a.________________________________________________________……………… go to _____ 1b.________________________________________________________……………… go to _____ 2a.________________________________________________________……………… go to _____ 2b.________________________________________________________……………… go to _____ 3a.________________________________________________________……………… go to _____ 3b.________________________________________________________……………… go to _____ 4a.________________________________________________________……………… go to _____ 4b.________________________________________________________……………… go to _____ 5a.________________________________________________________……………… go to _____ 5b.________________________________________________________……………… go to _____ Part 3: Name your pasta using the scientific prefixes and suffixes below: MacroMicroHemiPeriPolyMonoBiForamenHelioOrthoLineaTenuisDensus- Large Small Half Round Many One Two Hole Spiral Straight Line Thin Thick 1. _______________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________ 4. _______________________________________________ 5. _______________________________________________ Name(s): 6. _______________________________________________ Period:
