Microworlds Study Guide

Anton Leeuwenhoek

 He was the ______person to make and use over ______.  Leeuwenhoek lived in the 1600’s in the ______.  Most of his microscopes were very ______, just 1”x2”.  He was the first person to ever see ______plants and animals.  He discovered ______when he scraped ______from his teeth.  He also discovered that mammals have ______while birds and fish have ______.  Only 9 of Leeuwenhoek’s 240 microscopes remain today.

Robert Hooke  Robert Hooke lived in the ______in ______

 One of the differences between Leeuwenhoek and Hooke was that Hooke ______what he saw under the microscope.   Hooke invented the Barometer. Meteorologists use them to detect air pressure.

 Hooke also worked to ______microscopes. He learned that making the lenses MORE ______makes them more powerful.

Volvox

 Commonly found in ______.  It is part of a group of organisms called ______.  A Volvox doesn’t have ______, ______, or ______, but they are like green plants because they make their own food. This process is called ______.  They live in a colony of ______to ______similar cells.  The Volvox forms a ______. They live in a ______substance.  Each cell has two tails called ______. These tails are what move the Volvox through the water. It rolls like a ______.  There are ______that split from the parent colony when they are big enough to begin their own Volvox colony. Blepharisma

 Commonly found in ______.  It is a ______pear shaped organism.  It has a ______coloration.  It usually eats ______, but if it eats other microbes it becomes a giant Blepharisma.  The giant Blepharisma becomes a ______and eats its own kind.  It is covered with tiny ______called ______. The cilia are used like paddles for swimming or to push food in its mouth.  To reproduce, the Blepharisma ______itself in half to produce twins. This is called ______

Draw a diagram of binary fission (when the nucleus splits in half to reproduce)

Vinegar Eels

 The vinegar eel is a harmless ______. It is about ______long.  Its body is almost ______and you can see some of their organs.  Vinegar eels are made of many ______.  It is one of the lowest animal forms that can ______. It has a ______and an ______.  Females have their ______lined up inside of them by ______.  Vinegar eels are only found in ______vinegar. Pasteurization is a process where a ______is heated to a very high ______. This sterilizes the vinegar, which kills all the ______Identify the cell terms

 ______: the thick covering of a plant cell made from ______fibers

 ______: a thin, ______cell covering (lets gases in and out)

 ______: the cell part that ______activities of other cell parts (the brain of the cell)

 ______: storage ______in a cell (stores water and waste)

 ______: the ______fluid between the cell membrane and the nucleus. (jello)

 ______: the ______cell part that traps sunlight. (jellybeans)

 ______: the powerhouse of the cell that releases ______.

All living things are made up of ______

Draw and label a plant cell Draw and label an animal cell

How are plant and animal cells different.

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