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

A) is living or is not living
B) has legs or does not have legs
C) has wings or does not have wings
D) has feathers or does not have feathers