The dichotomous key below provides a way to classify some animals into groups according to their physical characteristics. The key can be used to classify each of the four animals represented below. Which answer choice shows the correct classification group for each animal? 1. Wasp = group D; Ant = group D; Tiger = group A; Bird = group B 2. Wasp = group B; Ant = group A; Tiger = group D; Bird = group C 3. Wasp = group B; Ant = group D; Tiger = group A; Bird = group C 4. Wasp = group D; Ant = group A; Tiger = group A; Bird = group B

Complete question:

The dichotomous key below provides a way to  classify some animals into groups according to their physical characteristics.

Dichotomous Key

        I wingsgo to II

          no wings group A

       II feathersgroup B

          no feathersgo to III

      III two legs group C

          six legsgroup D

The key can be used to classify each of the four  animals represented below ⇒ wasp, ant, tiger, bird

Which row in the chart shows the correct  classification group for each animal?

Row    Wasp           Ant           Tiger          Bird

 (1)      group D    group D    group A     group B

 (2)     group B    group A     group D     group C

 (3)     group B     group D     group A    group C

 (4)     group D     group A     group A     group B

Row    Wasp           Ant           Tiger          Bird

(4)     group D     group A     group A     group B

Explanation:

When analyzing a dichotomous key, you just need to pay attention to the given descriptions and carefully observe the organisms you have.

The key describes specific morphological traits of each organism that are useful to differentiate it from other organisms. So all you need to do is to follow the instructions given in each step, and the key will guide you directly to the answer.  

In the exposed example you have four organisms: wasp, ant, tiger, bird

The provided key gives you three steps: I, II, III.

Step I:

wingsgo to II

no wings group A

Here the key tells you to separate, from your group of organisms, the ones that have wings from the ones that do not have wings.

Step II:

feathersgroup B

no feathersgo to III

Now you only need to consider the bird and the wasp, which are the two organisms that have wings.

Here the key tells you to separate the one that has feathers from the one that does not have feathers.

Step III:

two legs group C

six legsgroup D

In this last step, the key takes you to two possible groups. But you only have one left organisms, which is the wasp. So what you need to do is to observe how many legs your wasp has. It is an insect, so it has six legs. The wasp belongs to Group D.

You do not have any organism that belongs to group C.

To sum up, according to the given information you could group the group of organisms as follows:

c. live where it’s cold and icy