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How to Make Algal HerbariumHow to Make Algal Herbarium
Place the algae on a blotter (2) and cover them with cloth or muslin (3 - so that they stick only to paper) place another blotter (4) on top place corrugated cardboard spacers (1) on top & bottom to help dry your "sandwich".
Wacky People Key1. Two feet …………………………………21. Some other number of feet ………………3 2. Does not look at all human …………4 2. Looks a lot like a human ……………53. One leg …………………………………...63. Three or four legs ………………………..7 4. Fly-like ……………………Mosk Cara 4. Not fly-like ………………………….85. Seems to be a girl ……………………Rita Nita5. Not a girl………………………………….9 6. Leg is curled , two feet ………Ru-ela.Brella 6. Leg is straight, one foot………Giggles7. Three legs ……………………………….107. Four legs ………………………………..11 8. Has webbed feet ………………Hex Oculate 8. Clawed feet ………………………….129. Curly hair, no toes ………………..Lugio Wirum9. Wiggly looking mouth, three toes on feet…..C. Nile 10. Very long nose, open mouth ………….Elle E. Funk 10. Some other appearance ……………….1311. Has duck bill, two pinchers ………………..Tri D. Duckt11. No arms or pinchers ……………………….14 12. Has ears, tail, and beak ………………..Grif Leon 12. Four eyes on stalks ……………………Eggur Ondy13. One eye, webbed feet ……………………...Cue Kide13. Four stalked eyes, four pinchers …………..Quadrumenox 14. Three toed feet, nose like a flower ……Tunia petalos 14. Spider-like, has spots …………Patterned mulywumpus
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Dichotomus Keys:a tool that allows the user to determine the identity of items.
In constructing keys, keep the following in mind:
•Use constant characteristics rather than variable ones. •Use measurements rather than terms like "large" and "small". •Use characteristics that are generally available to the user of
the key rather than seasonal characteristics or those seen only
in the field. •Make the choice a positive one - something "is" instead of "is
not". •If possible, start both choices of a pair with the same word. •If possible, start different pairs of choices with different words. •Precede the descriptive terms with the name of the part to