Question

Eddie's assignment is to prepare a dichotomous key for several objects. His first task was to arrange the objects. The objects are a lighting bug, a butterfly, a ladybug, and ant, and a canary. While organizing the objects, Eddie considered several options and found that the most general categories should be listed first. What should Eddie use first to divide the organisms into two groups?

Answer 1

It should divide the objects into two groups.

Answer 2

Eddie should firstly use the taxonomic category of PHYLUM.

All of these organisms belong to the same kingdom, the kingdom of Animalia (animals), but the canary is a bird and it belongs to the phylum of Chordata and the rest of the organisms are all insects belonging to the phylum Arthropoda.