Mr and Mrs Smith's Life Science: Name
__________________ Period _____
Mythical Creature Classification
Develop a dichotomous key for the following mythical creatures. The key has been
started for you.
Mythical Creatures
| SPHINX | body of a lion, upper part a human |
| PEGASUS | winged horse |
| CHIMERA | front part a
combination of a lion and a goat, hind part a serpent that breathes fire |
| CENTAUR | human from head to
waist, remainder of body a horse |
| GRIFFIN | body of a lion head and wings of an eagle back covered with feathers |
| UNICORN | body of a horse head of a deer feet of an elephant tail of a boar a single black horn in the middle of its forehead |
Dichotomous Key for Mythical Creatures
| 1 | a Part of the body is human Go to 2 |
| b None of the body is human Go to 3 | |
| 2 | a |
| b | |
| 3 | a |
| b | |
| 4 | a |
| b | |
| 5 | a |
| b |