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Microworlds Study Guide
Anton Leeuwenhoek
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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
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Only 9 of Leeuwenhoek’s 240 microscopes remain today.
Robert Hooke
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Robert Hooke lived in the _____________ in ______________________
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One of the differences between Leeuwenhoek and Hooke was that Hooke ___________ what
he saw under the microscope.
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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.
Mounting Techniques
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This is a technique using two flat slides and a drop of water. This process is used for flat objects like…
fish scales
hair
feather
leaf
butterfly wing
blood
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This is a technique using a slide that has a depression in the center. This process is used for 3-Dimensional
objects like…
poppy seeds
sponge
Volvox
pond water
Volvox
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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
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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
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Commonly found in ___________________.
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It is a _____________ __________________ pear shaped organism.
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It has a ________________ coloration.
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It usually eats __________________, but if it eats other microbes it becomes a giant
Blepharisma.
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The giant Blepharisma becomes a _______________________ and eats its own kind.
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It is covered with tiny __________________ called ________________. The cilia are used
like paddles for swimming or to push food in its mouth.
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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
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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 _________________.
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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
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_________________: the thick covering of a plant cell made from _________________ fibers
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__________________: a thin, _________________ cell covering (lets gases in and out)
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_________________: the cell part that _______________ activities of other cell parts (the
brain of the cell)
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__________________: storage ________________ in a cell (stores water and waste)
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_________________: the ___________________ fluid between the cell membrane and the
nucleus. (jello)
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______________________: the _______________ cell part that traps sunlight. (jellybeans)
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___________________: 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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